Visayan city reels from rice shortage

TACLOBAN: Rice traders in local markets are howling over scant supply of the staple but the local National Food Authority (NFA) insists there is sufficient rice supply.

Annabelle Villas, who works for a local rice trader said in an interview today that the stocks that arrive to their store are commercial rice that came from Cebu. A total of 150 sacks of commercial rice were delivered to them this morning. Despite this, Villas maintained that supply of rice in the local market falls short especially now that there is no available locally produced rice.