And if tariffication, which allows anyone to import the staple, becomes possible, the delicate balance of keeping both consumers and rice farmers happy may just happen. By now, you’ve probably heard of San Miguel head honcho’s proposal to build a spanking new P750-billion airport in Bulakan, Bulacan. If the farmers are given a 10-percent yearly increase in their target harvest every year for 10 years, that would mean that SMC-contacted rice farmers would double their production in a decade. As someone who’s been toiling for more than 30 years in media, I’ve seen all sorts of owners of media enterprises. It’s people like Ambassador Cabangon Chua (and The Manila Times Chairman Emeritus Dante A. Ang) who keep enterprising journalism alive.

Source: Manila Times August 30, 2018 16:18 UTC