Legislators seem to be in a hurry to amend the rice tariffication law (RTL) five years after it was enacted, with a growing consensus that it has failed to deliver on the promise to significantly bring down prices of rice. Recent price movements of rice, which is the top expenditure item among the bottom 40 percent of the country’s income groups, will bolster such arguments that it has fallen short of expectations that it would
As the heat index ranges from 42 degrees Celsius to 51 degrees Celsius this summer in the Philippines, the link between global warming (more aptly called climate change) and extreme temperatures has never been more pronounced than now. Human-induced climate change is behind the collective misery of billions of people across the globe, including Filipinos who must stay indoors during noon and early afternoon to avoid heat-related illnesses. The burning of fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) since the Industrial Revolution is the main driver of climate change, causing the planet to become warmer in certain areas and wetter in
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