Former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday said that farmers should not be blamed for the decision of importers not to bring in rice while waiting for the implementation of Executive Order 62 on reduced tariff on the outsourced staple, following the warning of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
Despite scorching heat, farmers are busy putting their harvested rice inside the sacks in Calatagan, Batangas on March 30, 2024.MANILA, Philippines — that a 60-day temporary restraining order against EO 62 could result in a rice shortage.
“Farmers and farmers’ organizations should not be blamed for – or prevented from – exercising their constitutional and legal rights by going to court,” Montemayor, board manager of the Federation of Free Farmers , said. Tiu Laurel said that if a TRO is issued, no importer will import, adding that they will just use their remaining stocks.
The economic team is still shooting for higher revenues starting next year until the end of the Marcos administration even as it remains firm on not imposing tax measures that could be inflationary and burdensome... The chair of the House committee on labor and employment yesterday expressed belief that the goal to create three million...
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