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10:26, April 13, 2008 |
The Philippine government said on Saturday it will not to declare a food emergency although the soaring rice price is hitting the country so hard.
A spokesman of the Malacanang presidential palace said that the current "rice problem could not yet be regarded as a crisis", according to a report by official Philippines News Agency.
Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez said that the government "is still in control of the situation."
Some opposition politicians have proposed for a declaration of a state of calamity amid the rising prices and supply shortage of the staple.
Golez said the government could not just declare a state of calamity without an objective basis.
Philippine Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez also said that the government will exhaust all means first before declaring a "rice and corn emergency."
He said the government has the power to go after traders engaged in hoarding and profiteering.
Source: Xinhua
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