date:Jul 24, 2014
e agreed that we will import an additional 500,000 metric tonnes of rice, Pangilinan told local radio. There will be a tender and (the shipment) is expected to come in by end of August, first week of September. Pangilinan met with the country's economic managers on Tuesday to seek approval for the fresh rice imports. Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, killed 97 people and damaged $172 million worth crops and infrastructure. We los