NFA Rice problem.. Is just a strategy.

I particularly understand and feel your sentiments. I am also a Filipino and it's disgusting to hear and be aware of all these inadequacies, rivals, overpowering, and faults around our economic, social and political grounds.

I am not in agreement to all this mass rallies happening around. I mean, if we can get our hands and feet to work, it is more appropriate and better for all. I don't mean us ignoring what is happening and just consume ourselves with our personal concerns, not at all.

If we will do our part and just be productive and focused as our other Asian counterparts, it sounds better. And we have legal remedies to act upon in case we find some faults, we forget about connection, we cannot really remove it to people on power but we can just do our part, that is more admirable than whining and whining.

Well, yes, a partly agree with you that it's tiring and demeaning to listen and watch this news everyday. Let's also pray hard and act upon in our little way, that I agree best.

arroyo is very desperate to remove the threat behind her. rice since its a basic thing for all of us... she maximize the so called crisis... bloating it up to large proportion just to divert the attention of the public. God help us. filipinoes are not idiots. but i dont understand why sometimes we like to be treated as one.

We have learned this from the marcos regime that whenever there is a crisis in his adminstration, he will create diversions like the vampires, basketball, scar face etc.

We all know that this present regime is morally bankrupt. We can't just turn our heads on the other side, can we? that is as good as saying we agree to what they are doing. the sad thing is that when others do something to expose the evil deeds of gloria regime, others criticize. what had these people done to correct this? none? then they do not have the right to speak. those who are joining these rallies to condemn this evil regime are doing this because this is only the option left for them. They are not even paid to do this.

Sometimes, i have this idea that the Filipino people are a weak race. Even overseas, a co-Filipino will report you if you did something wrong when most asian citizens protect their own kind. The government knew that the peso is very strong because of the OFW but our embassies abroad will be the one to report you to host country if you go to them for help. What a shame!

I heard this issue too on an AM station. Sad thing's people who work very hard and earn a little money are the ones who are greatly affected by this so-called "strategy". We are just so helpless when it comes to basic commodity problems. Our government keeps on bragging the things that they have done on this country. Of course you gotta give them credit, but aren't they paid for that? I mean its their job. I'm already burned out on this kind of system. No matter how you strive, when you're on this environment, you get pulled down.

Well whatever they do to cover the issues at hand there is always another controversy that sprouts from the cover up. I am getting your point in there. There is always two sides in a coin. No matter how much you want to hide there is something that sprouts opposite to it. I am just as concerned as I am also a buyer and a rice consumer. It is one thing that may turn my attention amongst other concern. But if ever the admin did that they were also losing since many controversies inside NFA started to float and was seen so they are again facing the same problems. They are just trying to defocus the main issue right now. Although there are many claiming that there is no rice shortage but since the government started it then they are creating the problem instead of stopping the real problems of the country.

i'm really sad about the present situation of our country

i may be young... but i already feel the burden of this problem... and it really sucks..

the rich get richer... the poor get poorer... life is indeed unfair

oh somebody pls help us...

I am 100% agree with your title here.. NFA rice problem is JUST A STRATEGY. we are family of farmers and there's no shortage in rice it's all the administrations strategy to cover up bigger issues. The chaos of people in metro manila to buy NFA rice grow because of media making the mole become a monster.

I won't elaborate things here because we are an intelligent race and we very well know when we are being fooled. One thing is sure.. there's no rice shortage and that's it.

Let me present another side of the coin here, since we are presenting conspiracy theories. I think this is ALL made up by the opposition hoping that an avalanche of so-called "scandals" would put the administration down. Apparently, the stories by "lozada the paid hack" are being discredited one by one, and their strategy of using him is blowing up on their faces. Thus, another so-called "issue" is being brought up, which eventually will end up in thin air. Besides, the problem here is not rice shortage, but overpopulation- a concern that the administration has been trying to solve with family planning strategies but which the corrupt catholic church continually shoots down. The problem is the irresponsibility of the poor who would rather make babies than find a means of livelihood or get a decent education. The problem is the stupidity of the bishops and he catholic church for pushing back family planning and instead advocating "natural family planning" which has been proven to be grossly ineffective. I think that filipinos are greatly defocused on what the "real" issues are and that is greatly due to lack of education.

Well, has it occured to us that these rallies are only making the people who want to overtake the seat of power stronger? And what will happen after this? Do we seriously think that if we overthrow the present leader things would be much better? Has it occured to us that the leaders who are criticizing the present administration are also the ones who were seated before? They were the ones the people overthrew a few years back.

Also, I will ask these questions and I hope nobody will get offended because I didn't really mean to do that.

Have we looked at ourselves in the mirror lately? Have we noticed the dirt on our faces? Do we make it a habit to wipe the dirt off our faces before we wipe others'. Do we violate simple traffic rules? Do we throw small pieces of trash on the sidewalks or on places that nobody would see? Well the streetsweepers will clean them anyway.. is that how we think? Do we give alms to the poor? Do we turn your back at those people who need your help? Do we spread gossips/rumors about your neighbor? Sure these are petty things but evil is still evil however you put it.

We keep bashing on other people for their wrong doings that we fail to see our own shortcomings.

I suggest we criticize those people who fail to do what's right.