Isang grupo, may panawagan hinggil sa mga bigas na hindi pa rin inilalabas sa mga pantalan; SINAG, nanawagan din na i-blacklist ang mga importer na mapapatunayang iniipit ang supply ng bigas sa mga pantalan

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Isang grupo, may panawagan hinggil sa mga bigas na hindi pa rin inilalabas sa mga pantalan; SINAG, nanawagan din na i-blacklist ang mga importer na mapapatunayang iniipit ang supply ng bigas sa mga pantalan  For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00The Philippine Ports Authority has issued a notice to the importers and consignees

00:06who are involved in the sale of millions of bags of rice in Manila.

00:11Meanwhile, several groups have filed a lawsuit and blacklisted the importers involved in this activity.

00:17Clazel Pardilla is live in the newsroom.

00:23Yes, Angelique, several groups of farmers have filed a lawsuit

00:27and blacklisted the importers involved in the supply of imported rice to the ports.

00:36A sack of rice was hauled and hoarded in the ports.

00:41The rice guard said that it should be forfeited and used for the benefit of the people.

00:46It's been a long time in the ports, almost 9 months.

00:51It's a big issue of hoarding, Ms. Clay, so they should be punished by the government for forfeiting the rice products.

01:03It will be forfeited, it will be distributed to a large number of Filipinos

01:09because a lot of people there are hungry.

01:14Recently, the Philippine Ports Authority issued a notice stating that there are 24 million sacks of rice

01:21that are stored in two branches in the city of Manila.

01:24Half of this amount is more than a month's worth of rice.

01:29The PPA gave the importers and consignees until the first day of October to export the cargo.

01:37If it is forfeited, the agency will endorse to the Customs Bureau

01:41that the containers should be declared abandoned to be auctioned or donated.

01:47The rice guard called on the importers to file a hoarding lawsuit.

01:51They are waiting for the price of rice to rise.

01:55Secondly, they are afraid that the rice will be exported during the harvest season

02:01and that will result in the price of rice going down.

02:06So, it should be a lawsuit.

02:08The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura called for the blacklisting of importers

02:13who are importing rice from the ports.

02:16According to the Bureau of Plant Industry,

02:19more than 3 million metric tons of imported rice have arrived in the Philippines since January this year.

02:26The price of imported rice should go down after the price of imported rice was reduced.

02:33I suspect that the Blacklist of the Bureau of Plant Industry is being held

02:42so that the rice will not be imported.

02:43What we can still see is that the price should go down

02:48because the amount of imported rice is already high.

02:50It is 16 million metric tons of imported rice.

02:56According to an official of the DA, the agency is already investigating this issue.

03:01Meanwhile, Angelique, the DA formed the Agricultural Cooperative Development Services.

03:07This is a new assignment for the groups of farmers and fishermen

03:13that will be able to provide assistance to the Department of Agriculture

03:18and of course, to increase the production of our farmers.

03:22First, the latest from Quezon City.

03:25Back to you, Angelique.

03:27It was mentioned that the rice has been there for 9 months.

03:33I don't know if the PPA concurred with that.

03:38But is this rice still fit for public consumption?

03:43Angelique, the Bureau of Plant Industry will look into the state of the imported rice

03:54in the container that is attached to the shelves.

03:59It is still fit for human consumption.

04:02The Department of Agriculture says that the rice is still okay for at least 1 year.

04:08But because it has been 9 months, they will look into when it will be fed

04:12because it should be safe for the market.

04:15So the PPA will look into the quality of this rice.

04:19Angelique?

04:20Alright, thank you very much, Clayzel Pardilla.

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