
Rice shortages heighten political crisis in the Philippines By Oscar Grenfell 8 April 2008 Rice prices have soared to a 34-year high in the Philippines, exacerbating social and political tensions, and creating more problems for the crisis-ridden regime of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo amid claims that her government had known of the shortages for more than a month. Globally, stocks of rice…
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