Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. took the helm at the National Food Authority on Monday after the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the suspension o
the rice riots in Japan, also known as Kome Sodo, were started by a group of women who were protesting the surging rice prices. Landlords and rice merchants, anticipating the dispatch of troops to Siberia, began rice speculation, causing prices to skyrocket. The women began with peaceful petitioning, but when workers who were angry about