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 directed the Rice Industry Development Office (RIDO) to study the changing ...

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

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. has appealed to lawmakers to back proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), saying the current version has failed to protect local farmers ...

Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. warned the Vietnam rice industry against challenging the Philippines’ move to suspend all ...

Police apprehended one suspect and seized a 22-wheel truck registered in Vientiane, which had been specially modified to hide ...

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

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 ...

Philippines suspends rice importation for 2 months starting September 1 The move is a bid to stabilise local prices and ensure that local farmers are not disadvantaged by the influx of cheaper ...

Chipotle and Sweetgreen are betting big on local farmers despite the ongoing crisis in the agricultural industry.

A group of stakeholders in the rice industry has called on the government to conduct consultations and provide clear guidelines on the planned 60-day suspension of rice importation, warning of ...