Rep. LRay Villafuerte of Camarines Sur has called for a probe of the country’s rice supply amid the disagreement between Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco and the National Food Authority Administration (NFA) over rice imports.

Villafuerte, an ally of President Rodrigo Duterte, made the call after being informed by the NFA’s Camarines Sur provincial manager Yolanda Navarro that the province had a buffer stock of only 42,293 cavans as of April 30, equivalent to three days’ consumption.

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