give us our daily bread

Here are some few facts i have read regarding the condition of rice shortage in our country

• Some 2.3 million more Filipinos fall into poverty for every 10-percent increase in food prices, according to a new study by an Asian Development Bank economist.
• If the price of rice alone rises by the same rate, expect 660,000 people to swell the ranks of the poor
• Food prices rose by an average of 12 percent in April compared with only 8.4 percent in March
• The price of rice, which accounts for nearly a third of the food expenditures of the poorest households, jumped in April by nearly 25 percent from its level a year ago.
• Even a known rice-producing town in Davao del Norte felt the crunch of rising price of rice.

source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080601-140139/Soaring-rice-prices-grip-Mindanao-folk

Krimen na pod ni batok sa mga magsisibya?

Davao prison officials refused to release convicted journalist Alexander Adonis even after he posted a P5,000 bail, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said on Tuesday.
-inquirer.net

Laing kaso na ba pod ni sa pagpanglupig sa atong mga media men?