COA unveils Yolanda-related rice anomaly

THE rice inventories of the National Food Authority Central District Office (NFA-CDO) after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda were way below the required buffer stock levels, state auditors disclosed.

This “could have affected the accomplishment of its (NFA-CDO) mandated function to timely respond to rice requirements especially during calamities,” auditors said.