The Camera Never Lies! No P7/Kilo Reduction In Rice Market Prices

In my journey to the countryside to talk to the country’s food producers, I heard only one familiar line from the rice farmers – the Rice Tariffication Law made life difficult for them.

Bumagsak ang presyo ng bilihan ng palay from as high as P22 per kilo to as low as P10 in Bicol and Capiz while the prices of fertilizer had doubled adversely affecting their production.

On the other hand, the promised reduction of the prices of rice in the market by P7 never happened and this video is the proof.

The problem is our Economic Managers, using the Department of Agriculture as their defender, still hang on to their contentionn that the RTL had benefited both consumers and farmers.

Meron tayong mungkahi na baguhin ang RTL para hindi naman masaktan ang ating mga magsasaka, mapanatili pa rin natin ang ating adherence to our commitment to international agreements and bring down the price of rice in the market.

Pero wala akong nakikitang indikasyon na makikinig sila at tulungan ang mga magsasaka na makaahon sa kahhirapan.

Nagbibingibingihan na lang at manhid na at nakakalungkot sapagka’t kung magpapatuloy pa ito, apat na taon pa na magdurusa ang ating mga magsasaka.

I guess we will just to wait for the results of the national elections on May 9, 2022 to see if there is any hope for a better life for our rice farmers.

#HahanggatMayBuhayMayPagasa!