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I just came from the Cortes Public market, to heed the advice of my close friends. They said, in all public markets in Bohol, or near Tagbilaran, Cortes has the cheapest best buy youll be able to find.

True enough, i did manage to find 28 per kilo when the going pice during the rice crisis was P34.

Last Saturday, camia rice was sold at P24 a kilo.

Hoping to get just the same price or maybe slightly higher with a fiesta barrelling through the town, i was a bit astounded.

Just when the government has parctically declared rice shortage over, Cortes market vendors have sold the same Camia Rice at P26. Now.

I asked why such a jump. The vendor said its because the same rice has gone out of Bohol, to Colonade and has to be transported back to be sold here.

I was thinking, so we were made to pay for the transporation costs that Marcela Farms has to spend to send rice to Cebu and back?

In the first place,did we ask Marcela to ship it out?

If such were  true, how powerful can they be when they can manipulate the price at their whims?

A looming rice crisis is going to happen again in Bohol, courtesy of some individuals making sure they can cash on the need for the staple food.       

And if the government can not do something baout it, let me ask, who will?

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Hoarding is the strategy  in manipulating rice prices.  This is sometimes so acute that there some panic in the market. People should be really prepared to defend themselves against such unethical business measures. How about planting in the backyard, like having a small garden? Rice can be substituted with other crops like corn, camote, cassava, maniok , gabi and banana (sarabia). Kita man gud ang mentality ang pananom para lang sa mga pobre  ug ang mga bag-ong tubo mahadlok mobungay kay madaot ang manicure.

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there's been a prediction that WW III will indeed happen and that a crisis in the middle east (oil-related?) will trigger it. wish i could say this is something i'd look forward to :-)

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If only NFA will be allowed to buy rice, what will happen to free enterprise which is a hallmark of a democratic country?

Does NFA have enough fund to buy all the rice needed to feed the entire country? Granting the Philippine government will allocate a chunk of its national budget for this, are we prepared to let the delivery of  other services (health, education, infrastructure, etc.) suffer?

While sometimes there are practices of the private sector that make us curse to high heavens, it is an acknowledged fact that private sector participation is necessary in our society. Many government services are even privatized. Government cannot do it alone. We even curse the government more.




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Unsaon man, GEC?

Kun di mangamote, di ka kahoy?

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hmmm... i-minimize ang paghabhab ug rice... substitue oatmeal or pandesal for breakfast.

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Ang pandesal sa ato kay parehas na kadak-a sa Alkaseltzer

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ingon bitaw sila nga ang pandesal parihas ra kono sa panty sa mga baje nga sa una normal ang dagko karon kono string bikini na nga og a labhan di na i washing machine,  blender na ang gamiton og a labhan

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"If only NFA will be allowed to buy rice, what will happen to free enterprise which is a hallmark of a democratic country?

Does NFA have enough fund to buy all the rice needed to feed the entire country? Granting the Philippine government will allocate a chunk of its national budget for this, are we prepared to let the delivery of  other services (health, education, infrastructure, etc.) suffer?

While sometimes there are practices of the private sector that make us curse to high heavens, it is an acknowledged fact that private sector participation is necessary in our society. Many government services are even privatized. Government cannot do it alone. We even curse the government more. "

Just a comment on dots' post indicated above: free enterprise is not absolute. while it is a commonly accepted idea that government cannot do it alone and needs the private sector to deliver basic services to people in an efficient and effective manner, there are still some matters that are better left for government to manage. we may have noticed some government services that have been privatized for the purpose of making these services more accessible and cost effective both for government and the consuming public but it should be taken on a case to case basis. take for example the oil industry in the philippines. it used to be run by government. then ramos deregulated it and in effect we are now subjected to the dictates of giant oil companies. so much so that there are many sectors now that are asking that it be put back to government control. if there is a food crisis, do we expect the private sector to take care of it? it is always government that we call upon and expect to fix the problem because the rice cartel which is operating in this country doesn't have a face. that being the case, government might as well take over in the tradidng of rice to ensure there is enough rice for everyone.... interestingly, just got an email re a prediction that in the next 3 years, the U.S. will be experiencing food riots. i just hope that this will not happen in the philippines just to prove that it is government which is most effective in the distribution of a very important commodity such as rice and ensure that there is enough supply. let us remember that unlike other commodities, the need for food cannot be postponed. in my opinion, we can privatize everything we want to if only to allow private sector to take a piece of the pie like we have done for utilities and companies that distribute water and electricity, fuel, etc. but not an essential food commodity like rice.


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