Congress seeks to unravel rice ‘mystery’

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) will have their hands full this week when the Senate starts its investigation on the country’s rice situation. At the House of Representatives, the Magdalo party-list filed a resolution seeking a parallel probe into the rice “mystery.”

In an interview, Magdalo party-list Representatives Gary Alejano and Francisco Ashley Acedillo said they are set to file a resolution calling for a similar investigation in the House of Representatives, “with the intention of leaving no stone unturned to ferret out the truth amidst conflicting statements in media.