Almost P3-B rice subsidy set for soldiers, cops 320 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellson QuismorioThe national government intends to give a P2.9-billion rice subsidy to soldiers, police officers and other uniformed personnel, Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel revealed on Sunday. “That great blunder done via the fund diversion led to rice shortage and the long rice queues and the perception that the government has done a terrible job with the rice supply stabilization work,” said Chavez, a Minority member. She said officials of the NFA, NFA Council and the Department of Agriculture should be held accountable as the lack of cheap NFA rice in the market has caused commercial rice prices to shoot up. The NFA Council is the policy-making body of the NFA.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 09, 2018 05:15 UTC