Update: Sen. Mar Roxas tells GMA on rice issue: “Magpakatotoo ka.”
Ang galing nitong si Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.
May napipintong pagkukulang sa bigas at ang kanyang solusyon ay magkaroon ng kalahati na order ng kanin sa mga fast food. Galing , no?
Nangangailangan ang Pilipinas ng 1.8 milyon na tonelada ng bigas at hirap na hirap makahanap ng mabilhan ang pamahalaang Arroyo. Nasa balita kahapon na nakabili na raw sila ng 335,000 na toneladang bigas galing sa Thailand, Vietnam at Pakistan. Kulang pa rin yun.
Ito namang si Gloria Arroyo, sabi niya wala raw rice shortage, pero magiging mahal lang nga ang bigas. Kaya, basta may pera ka, walang shortage. Pasensiya na ang mahihirap. Araw-araw rice shortage siya dahil wala namang pambili.
Grabe ang presyo ng bigas ngayon dahil nagkukulangan na. Ang Vietnam, na siyang isa sa mga pinakamalking exporter ng bigas, nagsabing hindi na muna sila magbe-benta. Siyempre unahin muna nila ang sarili nilang pangangailangan.
Bakit ba nagkukulang ang bigas sa atin samantalang maraming mga taon na ang nakakaraan, noong panahon ni Marcos, nagi-export pa tayo ng bigas.
Maraming dahilan at isa doon ay ang pangungurakot sa pamahalaan. Naala-ala nyo si Joc-Joc Bolante? Ang agriculture undersecretary ni Arroyo na ngayon ay nagbabakasyon sa loob ng rehas sa Amerika? Naala-ala nyo kung bakit nakakulong si Bolante sa Amerika? Dahil ilegal siya sa Amerika ngunit ayaw rin umuwi sa Pilipinas at takot humarap sa taumbayan lalo na sa mga magsasaka .
Noong 2004, ang fertilizer fund o pera para sa abono ng mga magsasaka na nasa pangangasiwa ng Department of Agriculture, kung saan doon naghahari-harian si Bolante, ay ginamit para sa kampanya ni Gloria Arroyo sa pagka-presidente.
Sabi ng abogadong si Frank Chavez na siyang nagpursigeng ibulgar itong katiwalian ni Bolante, umabot sa P2 bilyon ang ninanakw nian Arroyo at Bolante sa mga magsasaka.
Ang kay Bolante lang ang ating nadiskubre ngunit hindi malayo na ang pera para irigasyon at abono ay hindi napupunta sa mga magsasaka kungdi bumabagsak sa mga bulsa ng mga ganid na opisyal sa pamahalaan.
Dahil kokonti ang irigasyon, hindi masyado napapatubigan ang ating mga palayan. Dahil kulang sa abono ang mga lupa, kuklunti rin ang produktong bigas. Sa halip na tatlong beses ang ani sa isang taon, swerte na ang dalawang beses. Siyempre mas kukunti ang palay na naa-ani.
May iba ring dahilan bakit kailangan tayong umangkat ng bigas sa ibang bansa. Isa ay ang pag-convert ng palayan sa residential o industrial zone. Kaya nakikita natin na ang dating palayan ay nagiging housing subdivision o factory site.
Nandyan ri na sa halip palay, jatropha ang tinatamin para raw sa biofuel.
Nandyan rin ang sobrang pagdami ng populasyon ng Pilipinas. Mahabang usapin yun. Magdasal muna tayo para sa ating bansa.
Meron litrato ni Gloria Dorobo sa Inquirer na hinahalikan ng isang matandang binigyan niya ng limos, the usual pangloko at pambolang isang supot na bigas at noodle.
Diyan siya magaling, Ginugutom ang mga pilipino tapos kunyari inaamutan ng limos na isang supot na bigas at noodles para meron siyang siumbat sa mga taumbayan na hindi alam na karapatan nilang mag-demand ng magandang serbisyo at huwag gutumin ng pamahalaan. Freedom from want, ‘ika nga na ginagarantiya ng Constitution.
In short, hindi nila utang na loob kay Gloria Dorobo kung amutan sila ng bigas at noodles. Tungkulin ng gobyerno iyan at kanilang karapatan. Dapat pa nga sipain na nila si Dorobo para magkaroon ng pagkakataong ayusin na ng tama ang pamahalaan at huwag nang pasakotp sa mga ganid at sakim.
Kawawang Pilipinas! Lalong bagsak ang ekonomiya ngayon sa pagbagsak ng dolyar. Kayod kabayo ang mangyayari sa mga OFW na kailangang doblehin nila ang padala nilang pera sa mga pamilya nila.
Aba e talaga yatang may topak ka Mr. Yap. Bigas na nga lang ang kayang bilhin ng masang Filipino para mabusog sa pagkain, pababawasan mo pa ang konsumo. Saan Unibersidad ka nag-gradweyt? Ala na bang pondo ang DA para sa agrikultura natin? Bat di nyo mabigyan ng tamang solusyon? Paki-sagot lang po…….
Hindi kaya gawa-gawa lang yan ng Gobyerno para maibaling ang isyu sa nagkaka-walaang bigas? Ipinatago lang niyan sa mga intsik na negosyante sa bigas. Yan ang kontribusyon naman ni Yap kay Glorya. Di kaya?????
Kung ginawa lang ng gobyerno ang serbisyo nila sa mga magsasaka ay sana wala tayong krisis sa bigas.Marami ng taon na nakaupo si Gloria ay puro na lang disgrasya dahil ibinubulsa nila ang kuarta.Ang mga magsasaka ay dalawang beses ng aani sa isang taon kung may irrigation at iyan ang kailangan ng ating mga magsasasaka.Wala krisis sa bigas sa mga may pambili.Papano na ang mga walang pambili,talagang krisis.
Sa Central Luzon ang rice granary ng Pilipinas,Pero ang nangyayari ay ipinagbibibli na nila ang bukirin nila sa mga real state developer at iba na ang itinatanim.Hindi na palay.
Mabuti at may kaunti pang natitira.Baka nga pagdating ng 2020 ay hindi na bigas ang kakainin ng Pinoy dahil wala ng aanihing palay.Baka bunga na ng Jatropa at i-convert na ang mga bituka nila sa bio-diesel.
Palala ng palala na talaga ang kalagayan ng ating Bansa. Kahit sino pa ang uupo sa pagka-Pangulo … ganyan din yan. Sabi nga ng mga Politiko …. weder weder lang yan. Nong si Ramos ang Pangulo laganap ang corruption at siya pa ang nangunguna, Nang si Erap naman …. ilang taon pa lang siya sa puwesto nangurakot na at buti naman ay napigil ka-agad, nung si Glorya na tumindi pa ang corruption at sila pang mag-asawa ang nangunguna. At yong papalit pa kay Glorya kung sino man …. Panginoon namin sana bigyan mo po kami ng isang Pangulo na ang hangad ay tulungan ang sambayanan at hindi pansarili lang.
Signs of the times. Kahit anong gawin ni Gloria Dorobong arte na magre-release siya ng pera para may mabiling bigas ang mga pilipino, hangga’t hindi siya bumababa, may famine sa Pilipinas. Babala na iyan ng kalikasan dahil pati iyong simbahan nila nagugulo sa kawalanghiyaan ng babaing iyan.
The first time I heard about the shortage of rice was at the time of Marcos..but then some business men hoarded them and sold later..at marami ang nabulok?
Noong araw sa amin hindi problema ang bigas..ang mga tao na may kailangan sa capitol at walang pera para pumunta sa restaurant..ay doon kumakain sa amin..open house hindi problema ang bigas kasi hindi naman namin binibili..ang ulam nila ay tuyo at ginamos (bagoong) or asin ok lang..ang kanin ang nagpapabusog sa kanila..ang merienda ay nilagang camote or saging..kasi mga ito ay di naman binibili..pero ngayon seguro ay may shortage na rin sa amin..
Laking pahirap sa mga Filipino ang kakulangan ng bigas, dahil marami dito ang magugutom.Kung hindi sufficient ang nutrisyon sa kinakain ng mga tao lalo na ang mga bata may problema din tayo diyan sa malnutrition. Maraming sakit ang ibubunga nito maliban pa sa pagiging mahina ang utak ng mga bata sa pag-aaral. Mabigat na suliranin ang kakulangan ng pagkain dahil maaapektohan ang kalusugan ng mga tao, ang labor force ay manghihina sa paggawa sa mga pagawaan na kung wala na silang makain. Mapupuno din ang mga public hospitals natin (na kulang na kulang sa kagamitan at gamot)sa mga magkakasakit. Lalala din ang problema natin ng peace and order, mapipilitang magnakaw ang mga tao kapag wala na silang makain dahil kulang o wala na silang pambili pa. Mapipilitan din ang mga kababaihang naghihikahos na ibenta ang kanilang mga sarili. Malaking problema din iyan dahil lalong lalaganap ang Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Crisis ang aabutin ng bayan kapag hindi nasulosyonan ang kakulangan ng pagkain, lalo na ang bigas, nakakatakot baka kumain na ng tao ang mga nagugutom. Sa tutuo lang para maging malusog ang tao dapat ay sapat ng nutrina ng kanyang kinakain; bitamina at mineral.
Mabuti kung ang penitensiya ay sa Biyernes Santo lang, paano na kung araw-araw na lang na nagpipenitensiya ang taumbayan dahil sa kakulangan sa supply ng bigas at wastong pagkain. Huwag naman po sanang mangyari ito, baka sa galit ng mga tao ay lilitsunin na lang nila itong ating Agricultural Secretary at gawing kinilaw ang mga nasa Malakanyang sa tindi ng gutom at kawalan. Pray po tayo na huwag tayong umabot sa ganyang klase ng Crisis. Kilos na Secretary Yap.
Rice shortage?
Well, what can we expect from a short and bogus president?
Gloria’s another broken promise: The days of importing rice would soon be over. Gloria Arroyo promised to make the Philippines self-sufficient in rice and reclaim its former status as rice-exporting country if she wins a mandate in the May 2004 polls. Manila Bulletin 04/04/2004
During the election period, Agriculture Usec. Joc-joc Bolante flooded cities and countryside with liquid fertilizer. In fact, farmlands in Central Luzon provinces shrank rapidly due to conversion of ricefields for industrial purposes, housing projects and golf courses. Maybe Abalos’Wack-Wack is also a recipient of liquid fertilizer.
ang hindi ko maintindihan: bakit magiging mahal ang precio ng bigas..don’t we produce it? malungkot..we import and then sell at a higher price?.may tubo & tongpat? How sad!
Rose,
Just before we left the Philippines in the 60’s, nagkaroon ng shortage ng bigas noong panahon ng tatay ni Gloria Dorobo. Nag-import ng bigas sa Vietnam, hindi masarap. Maraming bagyo at nasira ang mga palay sa tinatawag na rice granary noon sa Luzon. Ngayon naman walang aning masyado kasi iyong pantulong na pera para sa mga magsasaka ninanakaw din!
Maguindanao Sen. Miguel Zubiri should experiment/test his Jatropa plants if fits for human consumption.
Balik yata tayo sa panahon ng NARIC.
grizzy: was that during her father’s time when we had a shortage? Nueva Ecija is the rice granary..I wonder if it still is. I would not be surprised if mga subdivisions na ang dating rice fields..
DKG: a friend of mine..an Italian priest who is very much involved in this Jatropa,in Brazil, where he is assigned told me that their experiment is a success..He comes back and forth Brazil, Italy and NYC (where the investors are he said) he gave up on me because I didn’t believe in what the Wall St. Journal said..What happened to the Upland Rice Prog of the gov’t?
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
Alam nyo mga kababayan, may sagot dyan si Gloria kung bakit wala na ang bigas……
Dahil sa sobrang pamumulitikaaaa, mga destabilisasyonnn, mga oposisyonnn. Eh kung hahayaan nyo ba akong makatapos hanggang 2010, marami sanang bigassssss. Our country is enjoying an unprecedented economic growth. Kita nyo naman si Abalos, nakakapag-golf. Si FG, naospital na nga sa sobrang kain ng lechon. Anong shortage ang sinasabi nyoooooo. Pulitika lang yannnnnnn.
Kita nyo si happy gilmore…tahimik. Kasi busog sa bigas yannnnnn.
The issue of Philippines rapid growth of population is related to imminent rice shortage. The law of supply and demand comes to play. Population control is a volatile issue. Gloria Arroyo has resisted the population control push that may cause friction with the influential Roman Catholic Church. Majority of Filipino bishops support her corrupt regime.
rose;
Na-iconvert na ang mga bukid sa real state.Sa lugar namin ay mahigit isang milyong pesos ang isang lote na kasya lang ang isang 4 bedrooms bungalow,wala kang pagtamnan ng kamote.Ang problema kapag bumaha ay naglalabasan ang mga tae sa deposito ng pozo negro lalo na sa bayan.Hanggang baywang ang tubig baha.Malas lang nila mahihilig kasing tumira sa bayan.Basta’t kami marami kaming mapagtamnan ng kamoteng kahoy at kalot sa barrio,sa kanila na ang milyones nila at sa amin na lang ang lupa.Iyung pera ay madaling malaos,ang lupa ay nand’yan iyan hanggang sa pagbabalik ni Kristo.
pauunlakan kita sulbatz – nagtratrabaho kasi ako kaya tahimik ako from time to time, di tulad ng iba na sa kasisisi sa gubyerno sa kahirapan nila e nagtatapon ng labis labis na oras at panahon sa kakabatikos….anyway, kung yan ang kaligayahan nila e…..
ang isang dayuhan ay namangha sa ating obsesyon sa bigas.tanong nya sa akin noon : sa lawak at laki ng mga sakahan na mayaman ang lupa – bakit sa bigas tayo nakatutok? higit na maraming mas mahahalagang crops na pwedeng itanim at pagkakitaan ng malaki, twice or thrice than what we would earn from planting rice. saka daw napakahirap magpalaki ng bigas kasi maselan ito. maraming ibang mas less sensitive but more precious crops. bakit kaya hindi ito ang pagaralan natin?
note : metro manila wastes an average of 20 tons of food per day from leftovers sa lahat ng resots / karinderia, etc.. 20 tons as in 20,000 kilos na basurang pagkain. sa tingin nyo ba mali pa din ang puntos ni art yap? para din yang gasolina, planuhin at tipirin ang byahe para mas tipid sa gas. simple economics, lessen demand, supply will increase, thus diminishing prices (a.k.a. law of supply and demand). o baka naman may hihirit nanaman na mali pati mga economic theories….haaay.
Itong pagtaas ng presyo ng bigas ay nangangahulugan na and 12.2 milyong Filipino ay malamang madadagdagan ang kanilang hanay na mangagagaling sa sector ng 27.6 milyong Filipino na kumikita lamang ng isang dolyar pababa at malamang itong kumikita na nasa boundary eka nga na lampas isang dolyar ay malamang mahatak sa tropang isang dolyar pababa dahil sa pagtaas ng bilihing pagkain.
Walang madaliang solusyon ang bugaw este and pamahalaang Arroyo kung hindi ang nakakatawang paghati sa kanin sa restaurant dahil sa paglala ng kurakutan na naging sanhi ng ating karumal dumal na kalagayan sa pagtatanim o agrikultura. Lalong wala rin namang maidudulot na solusyon ang mga trapo sa kabuuan kung hindi sila titigil sa pangungurakot at babaguhin ang sistema ng eleksyon na kinakailangan ng napakaraming salapi upang makabili este manalo sa puwesto sa tulong ng mandarambong na operador ng comelec katulad ni Garci. Talagang tama ang ginawang pagaaral ng ADB na korapsyon ang sanhi ng pagkabansot ng ating ekonomiya na maihahantulad sa pagkabansot ng utak ng ating mga hangal este marangal daw na duwende este presidente.
HG,
Text book response to our nagging problem without looking at the totality of the problem that caused the shortage in rice production and the rise in global price of basic commodities will not solve the problem.
We need to recognize the factors that led to this pathetic problem and people responsible especially those tasked to implement measures to solve the problem needs to be held accountable and responsible for their misdeeds for which millions of Filipinos are suffering if not dying slowly due to their greed.
Happy Gilmore said “sa lawak at laki ng mga sakahan na mayaman ang lupa – bakit sa bigas tayo nakatutok?”
Because majority of Filipinos are poor and the 1st food on the table is rice and dried fish. Diverting to more profitable crops other than rice leads to:
1. lacking supply of rice
2. increase in rice prices
3. more difficult for majority poor Filipinos to afford its basic food.
Hindi na sapat na dahilan iyang left over sa mga restaurant at fast food sa rice crisis.Una kung may natira man sa plato at hindi naubos ng kustomer ang inorder niya ay bayad na iyun.Ang mga kumakain ay may mga pera dahil hindi pweding utangin.Iyung mga mayayaman ay hindi nila pinoproblema iyang krisis sa bigas dahil kaya nilang mamili kahit na isang daan pesos pa iyan sa isang kilo.Ang pagtuunan ng pansin ay iyung mahihirap na walang pambili ng bigas.Dahil iyung mga mayayaman mawalan man ng bigas ay pwedi silang kumain ng broiled or mashed potatoes at hawaiian bread,garlic bread na walang bawang at spagiti with meatballs na bola-bola.Iyung mga mahihirap anong ang kakainin nila.Pandesal na 5 piso ang isa.
Madam Gloria Macapal Arroyo, a doctorate in economics mismanages the country’s agriculture program. Philippines was used to be the top rice exporter in the world with premier rice institution located in Los Banos and foreign agriculture students coming into the country to study.
Today, Philippines under economic doctorate (peddler) president Arroy becomes the World’s Top Importer of rice. We are now importing rice from Vietnam, Thailand and China which used to send their agriculture students to the Philippines during Marcos time.
A glaring picture of agricultural mismanagement is so depicted in how the 33 billion agricultural fund vanished into thin air. To remember, the Swiss court ordered transfer of 33 billion Marcos loot into Philippine government when it complied by designating the amount for Agrarian Fund. DBM disclosed that the amount is gone and used during 2004 elections. The 33 billions have not reached the farmers to increase rice supply in the country.
Paunlakan din kita HG…..
Nagtatrabaho rin ako kagaya mo. Nguni’t naglalaan din ako ng oras, di lamang sa pagbatikos, kungdi sa pagpapamulat sa mga taong tulog o kaya pikit ang mga mata sa katotohanan. Kagaya mo HG, kung ang extra mong oras ay ginugugol mo para pagtakpan ang katotohanan at ipagtanggol ang katiwalian, ako naman ay gusto lang gampanan ang aking responsibilidad bilang mamamayan.
Unang-una, tama ka HG na maraming alternatibong produkto ng lupa na pwede nating gugulan ng panahon at lakas. Di lamang ang bigas. Nguni’t, di natin maipagkakaila na tayong mga pinoy ay sa bigas nabubuhay at sa bigas din kumukuha ng lakas. Kaya nga ang amoy ng utot natin ay amoy bigas, kung di man kamote. Ang mga dayuhan sa palagay ko ay amoy CORN ang utot nila.
Para panatiliing amoy bigas ang utot natin, dapat sana ay di ginamit ni Gloria sa election ang fertilizer na dapat sana ay sa mga magsasaka. Kung ang mga ninakaw sa kaban ng bayan at nauwi sana sa pagpapayabong ng mga produkto ng lupa, amoy bigas pa rin sana ang utot natin.
Ang solusyon ng isang magaling na administrador ng pamahalaan ay bawasan natin ang amoy ng utot natin sa paraan ng pagkain ng kalahating tasa ng kanin. Ang galing ng solusyon HG ano?
Kahit sinong magsasaka ang tanungin mo HG, hindi solusyon ang pagkain ng kalahating tasang kanin, nguni’t ang pagpapatupad ng isang programa na magpapadagdag sa produkto ng bigas. At ang programan ito ay magkakaroon lamang ng saysay kung hindi nanakawin ang pondo para dito.
Kunsabagay, baka naman si Sec Yap ay di akma sa Department of Agriculture. Dapat sa Dept of Environment sya dahil ang programa nya ay angkop lamang sa pagbabawas ng utot na amoy bigas sa ating nilalanghap na hangin.
HG,where did you get 20 tons were been wasted just for MANILA alone, do you know the number of population patronizing fast food eateries and other establishment serving “rice”,Let us say 20 tons,if that waste tonnage was a fractions of serving size for 1 individual serving of 20 grams of uncook rice,if 2 grams of uncook staple food were going to waste,now get your brain together on this applied math.SUBJECT.1 kilo=1000grams,so in order to waste a kilo of RICE,you need 500 eaters to waste a kilo,to waste a ton 5000000 eaters,you need 10 millions eaters in MANILA alone to waste a 20 tons of rice.A restaurant or fast food outlet commonly serving not enough rice for the consumptiom of the customers.Where these smart guys base thier fscts about waste of staple food.YOU need the entire Manila populations patronizing restuarants and fast food outlets to waste a20 ton of rice.
Happy Gilmore said, “simple economics, lessen demand, supply will increase, thus diminishing prices (a.k.a. law of supply and demand).”
The minority rich who can afford to waste the rice in the restaurants (average of 20 tons of food per day from leftovers) are not practicing economy as suggested by Agriculture Secretary Yap. While the majority poor languished with whatever available in the local market and have no room for Secretary Yap’s economy preaching.
This is the great division between the rich and the poor which the President Arroy, Secretary Yap and Happy Gilmore here apparently missed.
In essence, the rich have no concern because they can afford no matter the price, while the majority poor have to suffer because of high prices and short supply altogether.
Tama si Ellen, PENITENSYA ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP!
Appy, ang tonetoneladang bigas na tinatapon ng mga restaurants ay ang kinakain ng mga basurero na “pagpag”! So nothing is wasted sa totoo lang. But what is so sad indeed ay ang kahirapan ng mga tao na kahit na basura kinakain na.
Ano naman Appy ang mas importanteng halaman na kapalit ng bigas? Biofuel plants? Maipapakain mo ba ito sa mahigit 60% na mahihirap? Think first before you talk or write. The staple food should be abundant! Whenever we import anything, the cost doubles or even triples dahil sa kamahalan ng langis para sa freight. The locally produced cheap rice eh hirap na ngang bilhin ng mga tao yun pa kayang mamahaling bigas?
Nakakkuha si sheman Zubiri ng almost $ 200 million na funding from the US para sa biofuel plants niya. That should be enough to plant trees in Mindanao! Kaya nga it is really sad that while our leaders are making so much money from “tongpats” here and there, yung mga projects para sa karamihang tao ay nawawalan ng priority.
I was just a very young kid the last time my parents had to fall in line to buy rice. I guess that must have been the Macapagal senior’s time! Like father like daughter!
Uso pa ba ang halong white corn at bigas sa mercado publico?
parasabayan;
That was Dadong’s time na pumipila ang mga tao sa NARIC at tatlong salop lang ang nabibili ng tao sa pila.Kung naala-ala ko pa ay Martes at biernes lang ang araw ng pila.Grade I ata ako noon at natatandaan ko dahil busy ang tindahan ng lola ko sa probinsya.Madalas ay may nagsusuntukan pa nga sa pila dahil nahihilo na sila sa gutom.Naresolba ang problema sa bigas ng si Marcos na dahil nagkaroon ng programa ng Masagana 99 at lumabas ang miracle rice.Nagpagawa ng mga irrigation kaya dumami ang ani ng palay.
sulbatz, ang galing ng reply mo kay hgilmore. hehehhe. you drove your point head on. kasi ginamitan mo ng utot eh.
hay naku, kahit nakaka depress na ang situation sa pilipinas, i still get to smile just reading entries in this blog. amoy ng utot, amoy bigas siempre. yun ang kinasanayan na eh. 🙂
Hanep talaga ang mga mensahe para sa mga mahihirap.
Cardinal Vidal, “Tiisin nyo ang kurakot sa pamahalaan, idasal sa panginoon”
Supreme Court Justices, “Tiisin nyo ang kabagalan ng hustisya, manatili sa institusyon.
Congress, “Hoy, bayad na po kayo ng pork barrel”.
The Evil Bitch went to Abra (one of the poorest provinces) at nagbigay ng mga pagkain sa mga libo libong mamamayan. What a crap! Why not give schools to the children? Why not improve the irrigation system so there will be more crops to be produced? Why not teach the families family planning so they will not give birth to ten kids when both of the parents are jobless? Why not teach the people to learn a cottage industry so we can export these to make these barrio folks self sufficient? A kilo of rice and a pack of noodles will only feed a family for a day and the rest of the 300 or so days, they will be back in poverty again!
In the late 1970’s, I travelled through every barangay of Region 1. I saw the paved roads then and almost all the barangays had a health center and a school. Since then, the roads cracked, the schools got dilapidated and the health centers are but structures with no health personnel and no medicines. Kung ano na lang ang nagawa ni Marcos sa region na ito, yun na lang yun. No wonder we have one of the highest concentration of the NPAs in these areas! In Abra, the governors( past, present and incoming) and mayors kill each other for power and the meager money! Citizens are scraping the bottom to survive!
Cocoy, natutuwa ako at matanda ka pa pala sa akin…heh,heh,heh.
Subaltz, dagdag lang sa amoy ng UTOT, amoy bigas at tuyo!
Its not the golf courses and housing subdivisions that eat up our rice fields. These are insignificant areas, a miniscule fraction of the total. Its just that the CARP awarded the lands to lazy tenants and mostly absentees (OFWs, US expats, white and blue collars and beggars, snatchers,goons, urban vagrants and their kins) and not really inclined to the soil. Meantime, babies boom adding to the 95 million now voracious rice eaters. A wrong administration farther complicate the miserable day to day price markups and tongpats.
And the church holds on to the usufracts of its landholdings to send to the Vatican instead of mercy feeding the people it bleeds eternally with sacramental fees, etc.
For this holyweek I would rejoice to see penitents nailed to the cross at Pampanga. But they should build the cross as big as what we have at Mount Samat to accommodate the whole administration biggies including the favorite ass gored at the pointed apex. Anyone else here to join them at the cross?
Simpleng Math lang mga kababayan!!!! more imports by the bugos government more tongpats.. Evil Bitch must gothe sooner the better.. gising mga kababayan!!!!!!! Huwag kayong magbingibingihan at magbulagbulagan bago mahuli ang lahat!!!
Ang tanong!! meron napipintong rice shortage nga ba? di kaya palabas lang ito tapos biglang ilalabas ang bigas sa bayan para kunyari nagawan ng paraan ni evil bitch ang problema!!! mahirana talaga maniwala sa mga pinagsasabi ng gobeyerno ni evil Bitch!!!!
Tama ka, hk-ofw, more imports, more kurakots. Padded ang mga bills niya pihado.
“An Assessment of the CARP and Its Impact on Rural Communities: Household (Micro) Perspective” conducted by UPLB-IARDS showed that:
The total workdays used per household for the farm in a year was higher among ARBs (agrarian reforms beneficiaries) than non-ARBs.
The average income of ARBs was consistently higher than that of non-ARBs.
The value of farm assets of ARBs was significantly higher for ARBs compared to non-ARBs.
So please don’t say, Valdemar, that “CARP awarded the land to lazy tenants and mostly absentees”.
As for the shortage, walang duda diyan, hk-ofw. Papaanong hindi magkakaroon ng famine e, demonyo ang mga nakaupo. Tapos ang tendency pa ng salbaheng babae, gawing mga pulubi ang mga kababayan niya para sunud-sunuran sila sa kaniya. Pag nag-amot nga ng mga bigas a mga destitute na kababayan niya photo-op dito photo-op doon na akala mo tagapagligats siya ng gutom nila samantalang dapat nag-aalburoto na sila na ginagawa silang mga pataygutom at kaaba-aba.
Tindi ng panggagago sa mga taumbayan. Golly, nakakakulo ng dugo ang ginagawang pang-uuto sa mga pilipino na akala nila wala silang karapatan sa batas na magreklamo sa mga nangyayari sa bansa. Kasabwat pa iyong mga nakaabitong takot ding magutom. Susmarya!
Is there really a rice shortage or just giving a clue to rice smugglers? If the supply is low and demand is high it follows the price is sky high. Another jackpot for the Pidals?
Hoarding of rice ba? Abaw, kapag hindi pa kumilos ang mga pilipino sa sadyang paggutom sa kanila ng mga ungas, e kasalanan nila. Hanggang kailan ba sila dapat na magtiis?
BTW, balita namin iyong isang hapon na ginagamit ng mga ungas sa panloloko sa bentahan n gmga patrimonya ng bansa sa Japan ay kasanib sa Yakuza. Bakit hindi iyan kinakasuhan?
I still remember the time when we had to line up for a two gantas of rice during GMA’s Father tenure for the emergency rice Ration that stinks too, still can smell it today.
and it is coming around.
Pretty soon with exports to the North America also increasing due to Rice becoming the favourite staples and increasing Asians population, the Philippines will run out of its suppliers before it run out of foreign currencies to pay for the imports. solution: better think of their priorities in food production right now, and eliminate Corruption, particularly in DAR and DA and while at it, OVER ALL..
Yup, I remember that when people were asked to mix corn with the rice. My mother was adamant to defy that because she had a weak stomach for corn. Nagtatae siya. Fortunately, she was able to store some rice and wheat that she did not have to line up together with our maid for the rice ration.
Same condition as when the idiot’s father was president. Wala ring ginawa kundi mangutang. Nakapunta pa nga si Dadong hanggang Africa, nagmudmod pa ng pera doon kahit na walang-wala na ang Pilipinas at nabaon na sa utang. Hambug din kasi.
Kawawang Pilipinas! Lalong nasadlak sa dusa.
Just wondering..where would the rice import come from? China? Vietnam? and Thailand? Are these three countries not involved in the Spratley questions? Grabe talaga itong si goria sa relation niya sa China..hirap siyang makalusot sa ZTE, then sa Spratley so she is now trying the rice issue..malaki talaga ang utang na loob niya sa China..magkano kaya ang bahagi niya!
masarap ang rice & corn mix at pati na rin ang mix with camote..but not three meals a day yon lang ang kakainin mo..
Just wondering: Hapi where you born and did you grow up in the Phil? Didn’t you know that rice is the staple food in the Phil..and I don’t mean lugaw (porridge)..Palibhasa mayaman ang mga magulang mo..kaya steak and mashed potato ang kinakain mo..kaya you are hapi..
Just got this info.
Last year the Philippines — one of the world’s largest rice importers — imported 1.4 million tons of rice from Vietnam. This year, it is expected to import 1.5 million tons, but at twice the price of rice last year. A few days ago, the Philippine government bought an initial 335,500 tons of rice from Vietnam for US$237.5 million (P9.5 billion).
We also read that there’s a “broker” involved in the deal and who’s this broker? Your guess is as good as mine.
At bakit twice the price of rice last year?
Rose,
Happy talaga yan si gilmore kasi ang trabaho nya ay gawing happy ang malacanang resident at syempre, happy rin sya kasi puno lagi ang salop ng bigas nya. Kaya asahan nyong buong-buo ang amoy ng utot ni gilmore dahil isang tasang kanin ang kinakain habang tayo ay kalahati lamang.
Balita ko, kung lalala pa ang rice shortage, ang susunod na solusyon ng gobyerno ay ipapatupad ang dalawang beses na lang kumain sa isang araw. Ang sunod nyan ay isang beses na lang hanggang sa mauwi sa wala talaga.
We expect to have another pastoral letter from the bishops that will read this way…..
“The Catholic Church condemns the evil that is rice shortage. This kind of evil is amongst us because of the propensity of Filipinos to eat too much rice. We are all responsible. We cannot totally blame the rich because we all know that they eat less rice than the masses who consume so much of it. Neither should we blame the government because this evil is not of their doing alone. The Church does not subscribe to the clamor for more rice on the table, but rather to reflect on our individual and collective sins that brought about this rice shortage. What we face today is a problem of tremendous consequence. However, we exhort the Faithful to go on Fasting as both a religious and social obligation in order to minimize the impact of this problem. In the meantime, we encourage everyone to increase their Sunday mass donations to enable the Church to pray harder for Divine intervention. This we ask in Gloria’s name….AMEN.
Okay ka, Sulbatz.
Gusto ko ang pastoral letter mo.
Turning Point, Kaya double ang presyo ng bigas ngayon dahil pahirapan nga sa supply. Vietnam has suspended rice exports to make sure that they will have enough for their own people. Tayo hindi natin inisip ang rice-sufficiency program.
Akala natin as long as may dolyares na dumadating mula sa ating mga OFW okay lang. May pambili tayo ng bigas. Paano ngayon yan at pahirapan maghanap ng mabiling bigas.
Funny but true…
1) “President MAKAPAL” PMA valedictorian
It was a game of stutters and it featured the President of the Philippines and the valedictorian of the graduating Philippine Military Academy Baghawi Class of 2008.
At the start of his valedictory speech during Tuesday’s PMA graduation rites, Navy Ensign Ariel Rallos, who has a slight lisp, mispronounced President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s surname as “Makapal” (thick)—but quickly corrected himself. (According to INQUIRER.net, Rallos abridged the President’s middle name Macapagal to “Macapag.”)
2) “No Rice Shortage..Look at the truck!”GMA
“Many are worried because there is a rice shortage around the world, that we will have a rice shortage. The price of rice would increase a bit but there would be no shortage. The supply is continuous,” Ms Arroyo said at the trial run of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
To make her point that the country’s rice supply was adequate, Ms Arroyo told some 1,000 residents of Mabalacat that a National Food Authority (NFA) truck loaded with rice was part of her convoy for the inaugural drive-thru of the new highway.“We want to signal that the supply chain of rice can meet the demand,” she said.
3) “Jollibee,cut the rice! People don’t really finish the rice!” Agriculture Secretary Yap.
The Philippine government will ask fast-food outlets to offer half portions of rice to encourage customers to eat less of the national staple as Manila scrambles to boost supplies.
“I’m asking fast-food restaurants to give their customers an option to order half a cup of rice because right now if you do a survey of all the fast-food joints you will notice a fraction of them always have excess rice.”People don’t really finish their rice.”Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap
4) “Use whips that are well maintained!” Health Secretary Duque
“We are not trying to go against the Lenten tradition of self-flaggelation here because whipping has somewhat already become some form of ‘atonement for sins’ for some of us,” Health Secretary Duque
Health Secretary Francisco Duque said that as was hard to discourage “flagellants from whipping their own flesh, the best penitents can do is ensure that their whips are well-maintained.”
5) “I got married for nation-building!” General Esperon
Some graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy could not tell whether Armed Forces Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr. was saying things in jest or was giving serious fatherly advice during a luncheon on Monday.Esperon advised the new PMA graduates to use their month-long “liberty break” to attend to personal matters, settle family matters and get married.
Esperon said he wed his first wife nine days after his graduation. Esperon, as a widower, took a second wife, Dr. Lorna Esperon, because he wanted to continue with “nation building.”
Rose:
Vietnam is not exporting rice because the Vietnamese need their rice more. I think Thailand is providing the rice. China, I guess does not have that much rice, too, because of the famine. And Filipinos should not eat Chinese rice even when the Chinese are willing to sell some of their surplus to the Philippines because food produced in China and exported overseas are most likely to be contaminated with lead, etc. Hindi lang US ngayon ang may problema regarding imports from China. Dito nga ngayon may negotiation regarding compensation, etc. for those who got sick when they ate frozen foods, etc. imported from China.
Sus ang dami namang pakulo ni Esperon. Bakit hindi na lang niya sabihing nalibugan siya kaya dala-dalawa pa ang asawa niya!!! May mga kabit pa yata ang ungas, di ba?
Papaano namang mauubos ang kanin kahit kaunti ang ibigay sa mga restaurant kung konti naman ang ulam. Damihan nila ang ulam at damihan din ang kanin, pihado busog ang kakain. Para mabawas ang kanin, sabihin na lang nila, nakakataba ang kanin. Gusto lang nilang mag-hoard ng bigas para makakurakot na naman sila.
Hahahaha! What you said about potatoes, Rose, reminded me of potatoes being the staple food in UK. Nagsawa ako kasama pa ang green peas. Malakas makautot. Na miss ko ang kanin when I was there. Natikman ko na yata ang lahat ng variety ng pagluto ng patatas. Masarap magluto ang foster Mom ko doon pero champion pa rin ang kanin, lalo na kanin namin dito. Kahit natto (fermented beans) lang na may toyo, OK na!
Kung inyong matatandaan nai-post ko noong nakaraang taon dito sa blog ni ET, na sa mga mababang paaralang pampubliko ay may ipinamimigay na bigas kada araw ng pasok ng mga bata?
Ito na ba yung “trick down effect” na economics(kuno) ni Gloria M. Arroyo de Ilog Alingasaw?
Saan ka nakakita ng mag-e-engganyo na mag-anak ng marami(sabi ni Maj Gen Esperon sa mga PMA graduates) para kapag naka-abot ng grade 1 ang bata ay may libre na bigas ang pamilya?
Let us defend Pinoy values sabi ni Lito Atienza!
Nelbar:
Iyan ba ang ibig ipalabas ni Esperon na mag-asawa ng maaga, kahit dala-dalawa pa tapos mag-anak ng marami para makakuha ng libreng bigas bawat anak? Yuck din ang economic policy ha?
Yeah Grizzy, mabuti sana kung sa tuwing Palm Sunday ay may libreng palaspas na gaya nung ipinakita sa Santa Clara Church noong linggo.
Sabi nga sa kantahan ng mga kalalakihan tuwing inuman:
“Santa Clara, pinungpinu…
Kami po ay bigyan mo
Ng asawang labing pito
Sa bugbog walang reklamo”
Gilmore, no offense ha, pero baluktot yata ang tingin mo sa kaso ng bigas at ang pakana ni Yap. Hinde kaso ng supply and demand yan. Ang shortaqe ng bigas ay dahil sa mga dahilan na ibinigay sa blog post na ito. Katiwalian ang isa sa mga malaking bagay kung bakit mababa ang produkto ng bigas sa pinas. Marahil hinde mo tunay na alam na ang Pilipinas and number one sa pagtubo ng bigas noon. Ang Pinas din ang nangungu sa research ukol sa bigas at leader sa pag develop ng kung ano-anong uri ng palay.
Hinde lang natural ngunit kailangang umangal ang sambayanan sa nangyayari. Ang lunas ni gloria ukol sa shortage ng bigas ay tulad ng lunas niya sa edukasyon – idoble ang dami ng istudyante sa klase at dblehin ang oras ng titser sa patuturo. In the mean time doble rin ang kanyang pandaraya sa mamamayan at pagtraydor sa inang bayan.
Sige gilmore yan rason mo at pansisi sa mga nagco-comment dito ay kakainin mo pagdating ng panahon na hatiin ang oras mo sa trabaho dahil maraming nangagailangan ng trabaho, bilang solusyon si gloria. HEHE, HINDE MALAYONG MANYARI YAN!
Bukod sa rice shortage na hinaharap ng pinas ay mayroon pang shortage na malapit na ring dumating. At ang shortage nato ay water shortage.
Mga taong 2002 pumunta ang mga japanese scientist sa malakanyang para kausapin si gloria tungkol sa darating na water shortage sa pinas at kung anong water project na dapat gawin ng pinas para makaiwas sa shortage ng tubig. Noong taong 2005 0 2006 ay bumisita uli ang mga japanese scientist para makita nila kung ano na ang nangyari sa water project. Ang mga japanese ay napabuntong hininga na lang dahil walang water project na ginawa si gloria. Siguradong binulsa na lang ni gloria yong pera na para sa water project.
Sinabi ng mga japanese scientist kung anong taon mangyayari ang water shortage sa pinas kapag di ginawa ni gloria ang recommended na water project nila. Di ko lang matandaan kung anong year ang sinabing projected water shortage sa pinas. Parang 2009 o 2010, di ako sigurado.
At sabi pa ng japanese scientist noon eh it takes seven years to finish a water project.
Siguradong ang sasabihin na naman ni gloria sa mga pilipino eh
“walang shortage ng tubig pero tataas ang presyo ng tubig” LOL
Kala siguro ni gloria at mga kampon nya eh talagang napakatanga ng mga pilipino.
What happens if the cost of rice rises?
In a BBC report:
Elsewhere, prices have increased in a single year, March 2007-March 2008
Corn up 31%
Soya up 87%
Wheat up 130%
Cause: Rising oil prices and fears over climate change have seen a massive rise in the future of maize to make bio-fuels, pushing food prices.
World population growth:
1950: 2.5 billion
1975: 4.1 billion
2000: 6.1 billion
2025: 8.0 billon
2050: 9.2 billion
There will be billions more mouths to feed by 2050, making an increased demand for food in the long term.
Pressure on resources:
1,000-2,000 litres of water is needed to produce 1kg of wheat
10,000-13,000 litres of water is needed to produce 1kg of beef
We feel it in the West; prices of staple products in supermarkets mentioned above have radically increased. I don’t know if the Philippines can continue to subsidise rice but unless the country starts producing its own rice for the nation’s needs, there will be a continuing shortage that could lead to enormous social problems.
Gloria is not a bit bothered by all these problems. After robbing the Filipinos blind, she can always hie off to other countries and enjoy her loot. May be she would take Gilmore with her. Anticipated na ng mga ganid sa gobyerno ang mga problemang ito. Kaya nga sa ngayon pa lang ay nag-iimbak na sila ng pera para matugunan ang makasarili nilang pangangailangan. Tayong mga Pilipino ang maiiwan dito sa Pinas para magdusa sa mga kahayupang ginawa nila.
kawawa naman si happy gilmore, walang kakampi.
lagot kayo, magsusumbong ‘yan sa nanay niya.
tagairaya,
sorry to touch on your vivid readings of reports of other people you think experts on the field. I would say I am the voice of experience. Being one who traversed many areas like in DRT and adjacent places, and right here in CALABARSON dealing with ‘consolidators’ of CARPed lands. I hold lists of awardees of those untouched ‘raw lands’ who subsist well on the remittances of OFWs and established workers, some operating jeeps katas ng Saudi, many are kins of well off local residents. They got listed because they know the ropes with the surveyors plus the DENRs and mayors. The awardees are just waiting for buyers not planting anymore. Heard the Bukidnon farmers should be the sellers to the SMB for top money instead of the owner getting the booty. wish I could bring you to many places that could debunk colorful testimonies… By the way, I am for the repeal of the CARP. Just rent out to the real farmers or company any agricultural land they could manage. Five hectares or less to the CARP awardees is a futile production factor.
There is no hope for rice sufficiency unless we change the CARP system. We can never go into the real McCoy of rice production with 5 hectares or less with even the most industrious farmer which is lacking in our midst. The alternative would be to collect all arable lands and rent it out to farmers, cooperatives or agri companies all the area they can use. That way he can plan very well and separate the lazy or pseudo farmers or missing landlords from the bone weary farmers. And additionally, everyone coming of age is given his own residential lot of his choice free co-terminus to his demise. That will eliminate land disputes, land grabbings, everything of what the land is doing to so many today.
Baka hindi rin napapansin ni Sec Arthur Yap at ni Happy Gilmore na sa mga fastfood chains, ay karamihan ang inioorder lang nga mga magulang ay ang mga para sa anak nila dahil nga sa kapos na rin sa budget. Karaniwan ay yung mga TIRANG pagkain ng mga anak nila ang kinakain nga mga magulang para sa kanila. Kung hindi man ay binabalot na lang at iniuuwi. Kaya wala talagang natatapon. Alam ko ito dahil ganito ang gawa namin pag kumakain kami kasama ng mga bata. Sa pamamahala ni Gloria kailangan nga yata talaga na isipin mo na nasa Enchanted Kingdom ka para maramdaman ang kasinungalingan niyang maganda ang EKONOMIYA! Heehh!
magaling talagang gumawa ng isyu sina gloria upang mapagtakpan ang bawat katiwaliang kinasasangkutan ng sino man sa pamilya niya sa pakikipagkutsaba ng kanyang mga alipores na katulad nila’y alipin ng pagiging ganid sa kapangyarihan at salapi!
I wonder if this rice shortage is due to the fertilizer scam (Joc-Joc Bolante) ? Weren’t the fertilizers supposed to be used to increase the rice production ? Instead it went to the pockets of the Pidals. Maybe the Pidals thought that even stealing that amount of money – or better yet, their corrupt ways – would not be noticed or felt by the population. Well, it has affected the population GREATLY.
Lenten Season na po. Nagpenitensya na po ba kayo?
i agree with you valdemar to your point of complete repel of CARP.
CARP was passed into law by the landed legislators during Cory, para magmukhang makatao sila noon but in truth, pinuno naman ng mga loopholes para makalusot sa CARP. Just look at the case of the Sumilao farmers di ba?
What I’m for is genuine land reform advocated / lobbied by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) thru Bayan Muna party list representatives Ocampo and Casino.
This is the bill filed by Partylist representative Ocampo,
House Bill 3059 or the proposed Genuine Agrarian Reform Act.
SULBATZ (March 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am)
Ganda ng pastoral letter mo, pwedeng pahiram at ikalat natin sa ibang forum at blogs?
Sapagkat talamak na talaga ang kagutuman sa maraming panig, sa diskusyon dito, binigyan natin ng idea ang nasa Malacanang. Baka ang mangyari ngayon, makipag-usap si glorya sa mga obispo na maglabas ng isang kautusan ang simbahan at mga kaalyadong sekta na gawin nang all year round ang penitensiya ng mga Pilipino. Gawin nang everyday ang fasting.
Yong half-rice, half-rice kasi baka hindi umubra dahil tiyak hindi susunod ang food outlets, baka lahat na order ay half-half na rin. Lugi.
TO JERZ and pro GMA bloggers,do you need a referal to an EENT,specialist to examine you for impairment of vital senses?,let us know,there are millions of those waiting for you,first even though lenten or not ever since your idol take charges forcebly running the country,every walk of life been subjected to do more penitensiya,aside from being humiliated from international audiences.In case you decide to get examine by EENT SPECIALIST,also drop by to a nearest psychoanalyst to a farther evaluations of mental capacities.
Jerz said, “Lenten Season na po. Nagpenitensya na po ba kayo?”
Jerz – sa kakulangan ng bigas, nagpenitensya na po.
Jerz said, “Lenten Season na po. Nagpenitensya na po ba kayo?”
Jerz, please read again Ellen’s title of this issue.
“PENITENSYA SA KAKULANGAN NG BIGAS”.
Nakakatuwa po naman, di binasa.
we did our traditional Bisita Iglesia today and two of the churches we visited were St Jude and San Beda in Mendiola.
Going to San Beda, we passed by the container vans that are used to block the road to Malacanang whenever the PSG gets paranoid.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hides behind container vans and reports about good economic performance … but like the container vans in Mendiola , the vaunted economic performance may just be rusty, dusty and empty.
Have a Meaningful Lenten break everyone.
Ay naku,..
Iisa lang naman ang may kasalanan sa kakulangan nang bigas eh,..
Wala nang iba kundi si TABAKO!
Sa dami ba naman ng mga pinagawang golf fields. Enjoy na enjoy tuloy ang maraming nasa gobyerno para pagusapan ang kurakutan sa bansa habang naglalaro sila ng golf.
Dapat talaga limitahan na ang pagmamay-ari nang lupa sa pilipinas at ipatupad na ang patong patong na bahay para malimitahan ang paggamit nang lupa para sa bahay at magtanim na tayo ulit nang palay.
Ginawa ninyong shooting target si happy,ilang bala na ba ang ang bumaon sa katawan niya.Kawawa naman,pinagtulungan na ninyo.
China has long term plan to feed its billion populations. China leases one million hectares of agricultural land in the Philippines for their food production. The 500,000 hectares of land for agribusiness development under a memorandum of agreement with China will destroy the last remaining forest in the Philippines. The way I see, it nothing will be left for Filipino farmers to till for its own food production. Judas itong Gloria Arroyo. Basta mayroong tongpats ayos kay Gloria kahit labag sa ating Saligang Batas.
Gov’t Leases 1 Million Hectares to China Firm in Vague Contract
http://www.newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3855&Itemid=88889066
This idea of Valdemar’s seems good to me!
“The alternative would be to collect all arable lands and rent it out to farmers, cooperatives or agri companies all the area they can use. That way he can plan very well and separate the lazy or pseudo farmers or missing landlords from the bone weary farmers.” It’s doable but whether absentee landowners will see it as a way forward is something to be tackled.
The following is however not quite clear — who will be mandated to do it or, firstly and how can it enforced? Measures will have to be devised, explained, debated, etc. first and foremost, Congress (and its members who are huge landowners) will have to be convinced that the option is wise or I don’t see greedy members of our Congress acting with a long term view.
“And additionally, everyone coming of age is given his own residential lot of his choice free co-terminus to his demise. That will eliminate land disputes, land grabbings, everything of what the land is doing to so many today.”
Re: “China has long term plan to feed its billion populations. China leases one million hectares of agricultural land in the Philippines for their food production.”
If true, this would be the most treasonous act that this govt has committed. Hardly able to feed its own people yet is prepared to allow another nation to feed theirs by feeding on the flesh of our own.
Gloria Arroyo is focused on China’s food security. Hindi lang pag-traydor sa taumbayan pati dugo sini-sipsip parang Dracula.
Excerpts from Abante:
Deadly combination: Oil hike + rice crisis = RIOTS
Isa sa pinaka-delikadong kumbinasyon ng mga krisis sa isang komunidad o bansa ang walang tigil na paglobo ng presyo ng langis at ang krisis sa supply ng bigas.
Mula sa Senado, duda naman ni Sen. Richard Gordon na posible umanong inilulutang talaga ang pekeng rice shortage sa Pilipinas upang maitulak ang malakihang importasyon ng bigas mula sa pinapaborang bansa. Ang resulta: malaking ‘kickback’ o komisyon na naman ng mga taong nasa likod nito.
Why should Pinas give China a piece of our land to develop and feed the hungry Chinese, when we have our own poor, hungry people who can’t even find enough rice?
At the rate our economic problems mount up, Gloria’s ambition to make RP in league with First World countries in 20 years would never happen.
What’s sure to happen is, we are a rapidly growing country. In 2050, the Philippines would join the ranks of 10 most populous countries in the world (like China, India, USA, Indonesia, etc.). How could our country ever join the First World nations when we couldn’t even grow or buy enough food to feed ourselves?
Ironically, we allow our resources for others to exploit so they can feed themselves. We take care of other people’s problems (sick and aged, literacy) by way of overseas work. We help improve other countries, while we wallow in poverty and misery as the already rich and corrupt politicians enjoy to their hearts’ desire.
Only the likes of Happy Gilmore are happy, despite the worsening conditions that pester the majority of Filipinos.
Time to stop these problems now. And the way to start it is to take a hard look at Gloria’s regime in its worst form, ever.
Turning Point,
Aprub, pwedeng pwede hiramin yang pastoral letter.
The politics of rice is too hot to handle. Food riot is possible with current condition.
Diego K Gurerrero said, “Gov’t Leases 1 Million Hectares to China Firm in Vague Contract”
China again? Wow!
Talagang “sellout” tayo ni madam peddler president Gloria Macapal Arroy sa mga intsik!
Thanks but no thanks to brilliant economic policy of the economics doctorate, “PHILIPPINES FOR SALE”.
I agree completely with Valdemar in abolition of CARP and putting landholdings into the property of state.
Practical reason: Rapid population growth and huge population size (approaching one third of entire United States) in small size of lands (can fit in any of the 50 US states) will disenfranchise the majority Filipinos in their own country.
Sample actual application: In Hawaii, the state owned the beaches and resorts (maintains sanitation) rent from the state which guarantees free beach access to the public use. The poor Hawaiian enjoys the same use of the beach as the rich resort paying patron/tourist.
Transition: State to buy back all private lands with emphasis on 4 areas, (1) agricultural lands to stabilize rice and food supply, (2) rehabilitation of forest
to protect dwindling water supply, hydro-electric energy and forest products or building materials, (3) residential lot lease co-terminus upon death with improvements reverting back to state, and (4) renewable long-term industrial lease to support business and industrial base to secure employment of local manpower.
Caveat: Huge risk of failure where laws were designed by generations of family dynasties controlling the legislature. It is probably easier to replace a president than to get rid of family dynasties running the House of Representatives.
Caveat: Huge risk of failure where laws were designed by generations of family dynasties and BIG LANDOWNERS controlling the legislature. It is probably easier to replace a president than to get rid of family dynasties and BIG LANDOWNERS running the House of Representatives.
In the immediate, the solution to food security is heavy subsidy for our farmers to attract more production and absorb labor.
For midterm, repeal CARP for it is a failed agrarian reform and replace it with genuine agrarian reform advocated and formulated by the farmers themselves and to be negotiated by the farmers to the landlords. Not an agrarian reform that is formulated by their (landlords) lackeys and representative in congress.
Repeal the deregulation and free flow of cheap agricultural imports that stifle the growth of our own farmers, thus encouraging local agricultural production. Food security is also a national security, you dont put your food security to other people’s hand except our own.
Dapat lang na panagutin si GMA dahil sya ang may pakana ng fertilizer scam, sya rin ang sponsor ng deregulation ng imports noong senador pa sya.
Pero wag din nating kalimutang panagutin sa failure ng CARP sina Cory, FVR and Erap.
Ang problema natin sa bigas ay naka-ugat sa problema ng kawalan ng lupa (landlessness) ng mga magsasaka which is sya ring ugat ng insurgency.
solving the problem of food security thru self reliance by using the idle lands own and controlled by the big landlords, distibuting them to landless farmers for their use and supporting them with subsidies and protection against cheap importation will likely solve the insurgency problem, it is hitting two birds with one stone. Only if we have the political will, but first things first… OUST the occupant of malacanang that steal our food in our table!!!
Madugong usapan ang magsasaka at dambuhalang landlords. Patay o may dedad na ang mga dating Huks ng Central Luzon. Sila ay nag-alsa laban sa mga landlords noon dekada 1950’s. Hangang ngayon wala pang liwanag ang kanilang ipinaglaban. Payag kaya si Diputado Iggy Arroyo (pekeng Jose Pidal) ipa-land reform ang kanilang haciendang 250 hectares???
Diego K. Guerrero – unless the people wrestle the legislature from the well-entrenched family dynasties, a change in Land Reform is just but a dream.
ako ay namulat: iyong mga economic takeoff na kanilang pinagyayabang ay hindi kailan man nagkatotoo.
at ito’y hindi dahil sa political noise.
napansin ko ang mga kapalpakan noong nakaraang edsa celebration.
at nasabi ko sa aking sarili: paano ba uusad ang ating ekonomiya e kung ang mga simpleng bagay ay hindi nila kayang gawin? hindi man lang naiangat o naiwagayway ang ating pambansang watawat na maayos.
Re: “Diego K. Guerrero – unless the people wrestle the legislature from the well-entrenched family dynasties, a change in Land Reform is just but a dream.”
Agree! The current democracy in France was brought about by the people when they took on the National Assembly. It was bloody but unless the people decide to act and reclaim their right, things won’t change in the Philippines.
There should be transparency and accountability in government — this constant “sue me” crap whenever the public claims transparency or accountability of government officials is not the way forward.
Anna,
Would you then suggest a bloody, violent way to change things in the Philippines?
HG,
To be perfectly honest, I don’t know what to recommend — for the moment I am content to point to events in history that permitted societal changes.
I do believe however that there are various ways to achieve societal changes without necessarily shedding blood massively. That said, I am sure that unless those who are in a position of power start to “moderate their greed,” society will reach a tipping point.
The change could be provoked by a coup d’état, social, continuing as in continuing crime and lawlessness, increased hunger, increased social injustices, etc. When the factors are no longer controllable, people themselves will resort to actions, violent actions could be one of them.
I meant, “The change could be provoked by a coup d’état or by pockets of social upheaval as manifested in continuing crime and lawlessness, caused by increased hunger, increasing social injustices, etc. …”
But judging from history, societal changes have been made possible by violent means. What a horrible thought… (We are seeing that now in Tibet…)
Even the Dalai Lama, a venerated figure in Tibet himself has admitted that he cannot stop the people from revolting against China.
Pareng Diego;
Ang dami palang lupa ang ipinaparenta ni Arroyo sa China.Ang mangyayari niyan ang aanihin nila ay isakay sa barko at mag tour muna sa Tsina tapos balik ng Pinas at na triple na ang halaga dahil balikbayan na.Umandar na naman ang palsong matik-matik ni Arroyo para doble gana ang kanyang bulsa.Dehado at kawawawa na naman ang mga anak ni Maria Clara.
AdB,
Speaking of Tibet, looks like the people already reached their tipping point. Over there, the monks were the first to demand changes. What a pity when we compare our bishops to them. Our CBCP has acted in the way Marx described the role of the religious – as the “opiate” of the people. Not that people want them to lead another EDSA revolt, but at least they should be critical of the brazen corruption, cheating and lying under this moribund regime.
Arroyo OKs P1.5B for rice production banners the Philippine Daily Inquirer on line.
Is this for real? Or is it a smokescreen? Is this another one of her tricks to overshadow the current Spratly sovereignity surrender to China issue or is it perhaps a slight of hand to bury another deal involving the China oil search deal?
Whatever the reason is for that hefty doleout, it’s imperative for Filipinos to pay attention on how the funds will be disbursed with an eagle eye.
One point five billion pesos is a lot of money! It behooves every Filipino to watch out and make sure that the money goes to where it is intended, to be strict in government’s dispensing of the 1.5 billion-peso fund. It is their money, it is their life and their very existence that is at stake.
They must not allow the same funds to disappear and to suffer the same fate that met the Fertilizer Funds some 4 years ago, dispersed in nothingness by a Mike Arroyo crony, Mr Joc-Joc Bolante.
Agree HG! People must be absolutely critical — not allow a speck of corruption get buried by Malacanang.
Luzviminda,
I must admit a tear or two fell when I read your post. Whenever we bring the broods out we make sure the senior cards are with us. And the plates are always less one or two. The seniors attend feeding the third generations and there would be always leftovers partly taken communion style and the remaining varieties put in doggy bags. Though we only have two small minies.
The government should be also more liberal issuing passport. So many really want to move out or work abroad. The acquisition of the passport is already a calvary. We should issue it to all citizens upon coming of age free. That will give him better vision of his future. If he comes back, he will transplant what he learned outside. He may even invest on food production.
Re 1 million hectares for China planting rice:
RP has got to be extremely careful. China is in no mood to be do lally where territory is concerned. Look at Tibet! And with their bellicose regard for Taiwan, this matter of leasing 1 million hectares to China must be examined.
China is hell bent on imposing its supremacist doctrine by inching its way outside of its territory.
..Waay effect and patama kay Happy..he is made of steal!
..Sulbatz: malamang ganyan nga ang pastoral letter na ipapalabas..pero hindi ata naman lahat ng simbahan ay binasa ang huling pastoral letter..hindi ata dumating sa Cebu. Kung sa bagay bingi at bulag naman ang Shepherd doon.
Ang pagka intindi ko..when Jesus said to Peter: Feed my lambs..it meant that Peter was made the Shepherd of Jesus’ flocks..and pagkaalam ko ang mga tupa ay malabo ang mata thus they rely on the voice of the shepherd..Hindi ba ang sabi ni Jesus: I know my sheep and they hear my voice. The bishops are supposed to be the shepherd..kaya lang sa atin the bishops don’t know their flocks and their flocks don’t hear their voices..ito ba ang tinatawag na the blind leading the blind?
duren,
ako ay isang dating sundalo na ginugol ang halos dalawang dekadang pagseserbisyo sa giyera sa mindanao. isa lamang akong karaniwang kawal na ang mga guhit ng sitaw sa balikat ang nagpamulat sa akin kung ano ang takbo sa ating pamahalaan at ang katulad kong nabibilang lamang sa hanay ay walang alam kung paano minamanipula ng mga opisyales sa lokal at pambansang pamunuan ang pang-araw araw na kalakarang may kinalaman pangkatahimikan, pangkaunlaran, hustisya atbp.
malalaman lamang ng mga katulad ko (kung imumulat ang mga mata sa katotohanang nagdudumilat sa kanyang harapan) kapag nag-umpisa nang madagdagan ang guhit ng sitaw sa balikat, mag-aral ng iba’t ibang kursong militar batay sa asaynment na gustong pagkalagyan at pakikihalubilo sa mamamayan. at sa paraang ito bumulaga sa mga mata ko ang nakakasukang katotohanan: habang kaming mga kawal ay nagpapakamatay sa pagtatanggol sa kapakanan ng mga walang labang mamamayan ay nagpapasarap lamang ang nakararaming heneral at nagkakamot ng bayag sa kanilang upisinang de erkon at ang mga hinalal na lider ay kanya kanyang kurakutan at pagpapayaman at nagpapatayan upang manatili sa kapangyarihan.
bihira ang katulad ng mga opisyal na lumalahok sa talakayang dito na pinanatili ang karangalang tangi nilang yaman at piniling mamalagi sa serbisyo sapagkat kung aalis sila sa serbisyo ay wala nang magmamanman “sa loob” at walang magiging saksi’t makapagpapatunay sa mga kabulukang mas lumala mulang mang-agaw ng kapangyarihan ang ipinagtatanggol mong suwapang na si gloria!
Though it hurt to say that our country turning to “A MORDERN SLAVE TRADING POST”,thru the reflexion of the existing and comfounding problems.Problems starts from the weakness of our nationalistic and cultural practices,w/c destroying our democracy.Failures on those values starts pulling ourselves down to the “PIT” of no hope.From the silence of the majorities,during the past,w/c indicates we are weak on NATIONALISTIC IDEAS,we can not overcome our cultural practices,of let tommorow take the course solve the problems(bahala na bukas),easly being and getting “CORRUPTED”,we’ve been commonly practicing cutting corners procedures,thru Briberies and other forms either legal or illegal ways,just to get things done,these practices gave more encouragement to our”CIVIL SERVANTS” to practice uncontrollable corruptions and anomalies,which led these country to the stages of SLAVERY forever.
There was a rice shortage a while back and I remembered even our small tots joined us on the line to get our corn mixed with rice ration. Since the kids, and I myself werent familiar with that taste I ordered our pure rice in bags from Cotabato, then our bread basket. If the lease of a million hectares is in Cotabato, for godsakes thats murderous. If anywhere else, well, its a blessing to the private lessors. Its progress in any language. They wont work it any better anyways.
The thought of a rice shortage is scary.
I watched the talk show between Ricky and the Nobel Prize awardee on Economics last night. Ricky asked the awardee what would happen if the economic growth is increasing but the poverty statistics are worsening. The awardee answered that there will be the possibility of unrest and violence. He also said that there is no such a thing as “trickle down economics”. In most model countries, and he took Korea as an example, the growth was based on education. Giving the priority to education is a long process though. But it is the main key to development.
Look at Japan, she started from scratch after the war but is now a first world country. Its people knew how to sacrifice and re-learn, If the hilippines is truly an agricultural country, then the thrust of education should be in agriculture! What is our business graduating thousands of professionals when we can not find placements for them in any sector? These professionals end up as domestic helpers in other countries! And very unhappy at their jobs. This is why we have a high incidence of murder rape etc amongst our OFWs. Why not sponsor scholars from the farmers’ children to specialize in rice farming? And maybe give an incentive as well to the farmers to till their soil like improved irrigation, free seedlings and maybe a guaranteed purchase of their produce at harvest! Maybe give warnings to the owners on untilled rice lands that if they will not plant on their farm, someone will and maybe lease the land and let a willing farmer plant rice in it.
Continuing with Ricky’s show…when asked about the distribution of a kilo of rice and other stuff to the poverty stricken areas, the awardee laughed and said that this would not be a lasting solution. It is just probably more of a political show. The people are so frustrated now. They know that those in power are themselves making money off big unnecessary projects like the ZTE and the cyber ed and the rails that are half done and yet the money already went into everyones’ pockets. These big loans will have to be paid in the future taking away the money for future development projects for the country.
All the funds( the Joc joc fertilizer scam and the recovered funds from the Marcos wealth) for the farmers were virtually stolen from them by this evil bitch, for her elections in 2004. These funds were used to buy the votes and to pay the military generals to help in the election rigging (this is the main reason for the incarceration of the 28 officers-for trying to find the truth in these operations). So now, the whole country will have to suffer as a consequence of the greed of the evil bitch and her cheating generals!
The evil bitch funds 1.5 billion for rice production. This may be a little too late for this year. If the rainy season comes in late, it will be the end of the year before we see any crop. Irrigation system can be built and expedited but just the same after the bidding process etc…, the projects can be completed very late anyway.
With inflation creeping up because of the high oil prices, a shortage of our staple food is the last straw that will break the camel’s back. I do not know how this evil bitch who squandered the money for agricultural projects can bail herself out of this BIG trouble! Kaya siguro nagiikot na siya para magpamudmod ng bigas dahil alam niya na hindi lang galit ng tao ang kanyang mapapala!
The effects of corruption is not felt immediately but when the people get its brunt, the devastation is exponential! Hungry people will not only steal but can kill! Let us see how the evil bitch can wiggle her way out of this mess this time!
Parasabayan, I find your comments very interesting. The price of rice is getting to the “unaffordable” level for Juan de la Cruz, worse yet, there seem to a shortage – why would Gloria ask restos to cut their rice serving to half, if she says there is ample supply. The woman will be lynched soon if the problem of rice reaches uncontrolable levels. Playing “Rice Politics” is a very dangerous game.
Chabeli, this rice shortage may very well be the last nail on her coffin.
I know that today is Good Friday here in the US and I would like to think of Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice for us. In the same token, I hope that this evil bitch would have (that was yesterday in PI) regretted the big sins she had done to the Filipino people. I hope too that from hereon, if she survives the wrath of the people, that she should think more of the citizens rather than just a few of her immediate families(both biological and political).
Our citizens may not be that forgiving this time around if their stomaches are empty!
I agree with you, Parasabayan, that “this evil bitch would have..regretted the big sins she had done to the Filipino people.” Only God could touch her conscience. It is up to her to heed His voice.
It would be too frightening to imagine the consequences of a hungry nation.
According to my some reliable sources, kaya daw nagkukulang tayo sa bigas pati sa baboy, hino hoard daw talaga ng mga kaibigan ng NFA, DOE, DA bigwigs ang ibat ibang produkto. Sino ba may monopoly ng bigas, lpg, flour, sugar at meat? Puro maiigsi ang apelyido nito. One reason, para ma justify na mag import tayo from China (again??). Kasi daw nag advance na ang naturang bansa ng 2 million na bribe para sa ZTE, pero na cancel, so, one way to get the bribes back is babahain na naman nila tayo ng products coming from them. so they created an artificial crisis. Galing talaga ng mga taga palasyo.
This is my special message to them:
Abuloy ko na lang sa inyo yung mga kinurakot ninyo. BAHALA NA ANG DIYOS SA INYO!!
Today, we are actually having difficulty sourcing enough rice to meet this year’s import target of up to 1.8 million tons. The Philippines may house the reputable International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), it may be home to vast farming lands, but sadly it has also become one of the world’s biggest importers of rice. We should have learned from Vietnam’s hard work and diligence. What used to be a consistent importer of rice from the Philippines is now one of our providers. And right now, it’s nearly closing its doors on us in order to prioritize the needs of its citizens.
Scarcity in Abundance on my blog.
Juanito dela cruz II,
Heard this one, the Filipinos are extremely industrious people but the chinese around us are smart.
Sen. Mar Roxas urged Arroyo to tell the people the truth about the rice situation in the country. “magpakatotoo ka,he said.
He urged Arroyo to do the following:
1. Immediately release the local government unit (LGU) calamity funds for the purpose of aiding the farmers with seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in order to ensure the next harvest is as plentiful as possible.
2. Direct the LGUs to establish a food security early warning mechanism, particularly in the barangays, to ensure targeted distribution of rice especially to children and the elderly.
3. Reactivate the peace process in insurgency areas to allow the unimpeded cultivation, planting, tending and harvesting of crops in these conflict areas.
4. Create special investigative and prosecutorial teams to run after hoarders, profiteers, members of the rice cartel as well as the corrupt elements in the NFA who have diverted the precious rice stocks from public outlets to private stores.
“These are measures that can be done immediately in partnership with Congress and the LGUs. For the long-term, the DA must step up its programs to aid our farmers and build a more efficient logistical supply chain that is not driven by middlemen,” Roxas said.
“Ang paghahanap ng tamang solusyon ay nag-uumpisa sa tamang pagkilala sa problema. Kung sa inaakala ng gobyerno ay walang krisis, hindi magtutugma ang kilos at problema. Mahirap naman na may gangrene na yung sugat, pero band-aid pa rin ang solusyon,” he said.
Sabi rin ni Roxas, the price of the staple is at a 34-year high. Nasaan na yung ipinagyayabang na “Pagkain sa bawat mesa” nung mga nakaraang SONA? Baka imbes na kanin at ulam, pagpag ang nakahanda sa hapag.
Ramdam na ramdam talaga ang pag-unlad.
Like Anna, I will concur with Valdemar’s solution. No amount of hardwork will improve the individual farmer’s produce. They can not enjoy the economics of scale.
Cooperatives, supported by full resources of the gov’t will wipe out the unemployment in a matter of years.
Farm modernization cannot be accomplished by small-time farm credit. Coops can spread the amortization for machinery among its many members thus enabling the availment of larger loans. Farming can become more productive, thus more profitable.
IRRI pilot schools shall be built in the rice producing provinces to expedite the transfer of technology to the stakeholders. Similarly, like schools specializing in the local produce shall be spread throughout the provinces.
Rehabilitate NIA, which at the time of Marcos, was one of the most efficient agencies of government. NIA, together with the Nat’l Water Resources Board as well as the Dept. of Energy must coordinate their acts toward achieving progress in food production, energy generation, and water security.
Implement social support structure similar to the coconut industry of the 70’s, but without the manipulations of a Danding wannabe. Cocofed produced many scholars, coco planters they had their own bank attending to their credit needs, those who held on to their receipts of the coco levy fund are all millionaires. Had the fund’s managers been transparent, the cocofarmers’ could have been the first rags-to-riches fairytales to come true.
Cancel both existing North and South Rail projects and renegotiate or rebid for a heavier gauge double track system upgrade that can transport the produce more economically and more efficiently than today’s open-top trucks operated by middlemen who monopolize agri-trade that tend to pass all petroleum price spikes to the consuming public even for staple food such as rice and fish.
Lastly, golf courses in agricultural communities should be phased out. Not only do they put pressure on the availability of arable lands but they likewise waste a lot of water – all for the benefit of the elite few who can all survive even without rice.
For crying out loud, they can all go to Wack-wack and eat Ben’s Borjer!
Grabe naman ang tiis ng mga pilipino. Ginugutom na may nagsisipsip pa rin kay Gloria Dorobo gaya noong nabalitang pinagtabuyang supporter daw niya sa Baguio. Tindiiiii!
Naalala ko rin ang nakaraang crisis namin sa bigas dahil sa kalikasan naman at hindi dahil sa kurakot kasi dito ang mga magsasaka may malakas na union at dahil sa nakapag-aral naman lahat, walang nagpapaloko. Bawal din dito ang hoarding para pataasin ang presyo ng mga bilihin. Inaabatan agad iyang ng mga pulis. Sa Pilipinas, nahuli nang nagho-hoard tapalan lang ang pulis tapos na ang kaso.
Sabi nga, “Walang mang-aalipin kung walang nagpapaalipin.” Ngayon dagdag pa, “walang magugutom kung walang nanggugutom!”
Kawawang Pilipinas! Kawawang mga pilipino!