Senate ratifies bicam report on rice tariffication bill

By The Manila Times

Nov 28, 2018 7:35 pm

THE Senate on Wednesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed Rice Tariffication Bill, which would lift the quantitative restrictions on rice imports.

The senators on November 22 approved the reconciled version of the Rice Tariffication bill, which would also create the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or Rice Fund. President Rodrigo Duterte certified its passage as urgent.

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