00:00 As part of the alleged increase in the price of rice in the market, congressmen inspected several rice warehouses in Balagtas, Bulacan.
00:09 House Speaker Martin Romualdez led the delegation of the camera to the activity, along with the officials of the Bureau of Customs,
00:17 led by Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio.
00:21 According to Speaker Romualdez, in their tour, they saw a sufficient supply of rice.
00:27 However, some of them were only in the warehouses for three months, which is considered hoarding.
00:34 The congressman said that all the supply should be exported to the market to stop the rise in the price of rice.
00:43 Romualdez also said that they will report to the Department of Agriculture the information they have.
00:51 "We will call on our rice officer, Jose Sebastian, the DA. That's what our president, President Armando, is asking us to do.
01:02 To lower the price and follow his policy. So we're calling on Jose Sebastian, the in-charge of rice,
01:09 that what we're asking for is to really aim for a sufficient supply to be lowered immediately.
01:16 Because most of the supply here has been here for three months. So technically, that's hoarding.
01:23 And what we're also saying is to lower it so that the savings will be passed to the consumer."
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