VP Sara Duterte, sinabing 'di niya nirerespeto si Sen. Risa Hontiveros |...

"HINDI KO KAILANGAN ANG RESPECT MO." Sen. Risa Hontiveros responds again to VP Sara Duterte's remark that she "has no respect" for her and Rep. Castro. "Ang hinihingi ko sa iyo at ng taumbayan ay accountability... Mas marami ka pang patutsada kaysa sa paliwanag," she says.

BBM and Sarah: Early Xmas Exchange Gifts

                                                         Exchange gift in September ... an early Christmas spirit

Pagpasok ng ber months ... maagang nag-exchange gift sina BBM at Sara.  As reported nag-transfer ang office of the President ng 125 million pesos na ginamit sa confidential expenses ng OVP (Office of the Vice President). Siempre tuwangtuwa si Sara diyan.

In exchange, Sara through DepED returned the favor ... by removing the name Marcos from the term dictadurang Marcos in the revised Grade 6 Araling Panlipunan curriculum.

Sandro Marcos also gifted Sara by way of parliamentary courtesy when he moved to terminate the discussion of the confidential funds and budget of the office of the Vice President to the utter surprise of the Makabayan block in the house.

Economist says: Rice ceiling Will Result To Rice Shortafe

 

This is not an easy week for BBM.  After losing his battle with the soaring rice prices ... and meeting flaks about EO 39, which mandated a price cap for regular milled rice to PhP41.00 per kilogram and PhP45.00 per kilogram for well-milled rice ... another bad news is looming on the horizon. 

TV Patrol reported that the Philippines became the number 1 rice importer beating the perennial favorite China.

In its latest world trade report, the USDA forecasts Philippine rice imports for 2023/24 will reach 3.8 million metric tons, the world's biggest, surpassing the revised import projection of 3.5 million tons for permanent top buyer China.