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Slapping an import tariff of 35 percent on rice imports alongside reforms in the agency mandated to stabilize both the supply and prices of the Filipi..

RESTRICTIVE labor market laws prevent micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from flourishing despite the various fiscal incentive programs the g..

Despite the strong interest among micro-small and medium entrepreneurs in the Philippines to expand and employ more people, this opportunity is missed..

The government’s policy on rice continues to be stuck on self-sufficiency and a conflicted practice on importation despite recommendations from ..

IT all started with a despot. In 1972  former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Presidential Decree (PD) 4, creating the National Grains Autho..

Even a whiff of corruption, I will fire you.” This statement and variations on the theme of the “whiff of corruption,” have become P..

THE PHILIPPINES’ temporary use of quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice was intended to avert a dampening of rice prices, but the threat of the..

This is a book on the law of unintended consequences dedicated to students, thinkers, dreamers, or the ordinary pilosopo who are encouraged to discove..

Revenues from the proposed imposition of a 35 percent tariff on rice imports upon expiration of the quantitative restriction (QR) – seen to reac..

The lifting of restrictions on rice imports in the country this year will signal greater competition among foreign suppliers and rice importers, as we..

This 2017, the Philippines' quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which allows the government to limit the volume of rice that could be imported each..

State-run think tank èßäAV (PIDS) is pushing to slap a 35-percent tariff on rice while providing subsidies to f..

An innovative way to promote agricultural insurance nationwide is to strengthen the linkage between local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine C..

A recent study on food security released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Study (PIDS) said the government's policy of rice se..

Filipinos should brace for higher commodity prices in the next few months due to more expensive crude oil and rice, the National Economic and Developm..