Evasco prevails, Aquino blinks on rice import dispute

CABINET Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. has finally broken his silence on the tussle over rice importation, but only after emerging victorious in his well-publicized row with the administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA), Jason Aquino.

The conclusion of the rice dispute appears to be a compromise – the government will pursue a G2P, or government-to-private scheme in which private rice traders will be able to import grains through foreign governments.