AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Monday dismissed claims that there would be rice shortage and price increase if President Rodrigo Duterte proceeds with his plan to stop rice importation.

“Those spreading rumors that stopping rice importation could lead to rice shortage are fooling the Filipino people,” Piñol told reporters in an interview after attending a hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food.

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