What is causing our rice crisis today is a lack of competence and compassion (malasakit), much more than corruption. This surfaced at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture last Aug. 20.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has urged lawmakers to support amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), ...

Telangana’s rice exports have fallen 20-30 per cent in 2025 due to high procurement costs and collapsing domestic demand amid ...

President Marcos has ordered the 60-day suspension of rice importation starting Sept. 1, Malacañang announced yesterday.

Local farmers already lost P54.5 billion in the first six months of 2025, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said as it asked the government to control rice imports, which are hurting local ...