Rice Issue

MANILA, Philippines — Was the rice shipment smuggled or deposited?  That is the question being asked by concerned citizens surrounding the 420,000 sacks of rice worth about Php 450 million impounded by customs authorities at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). National Food Authority (NFA) Chief Lito Banayo says that the rice from India, labeled as smuggled by the Bureau of Customs (BOC ...