DA Pushes for Higher Rice Tariffs: Can Flexible Policy Finally Tame Soaring Prices?
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is moving to raise tariffs on imported rice, a move aimed at stabilizing domestic prices while protecting Filipino farmers from collapsing farmgate rates.
ARTA-Ombudsman Alliance: Can Accountability Finally End the Cycle of Red Tape and Corruption?
In a decisive move against bureaucratic inefficiency and graft, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Office of the Ombudsman have signed a new memorandum of agreement (MOA) — a partnership hailed by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri as a “powerful deterrent” against corruption and a leap forward for the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) law.