PRIVATE RICE traders from the provinces of Bulacan, Isabela and Nueva Ecija delivered the first 10,000 bags of rice out of the promised 300,000 bags to replenish the National Food Authority’s (NFA) rice buffer stocks as the agency awaits the shipment of the 250,000 metric tons of imported rice. The initial delivery will be distributed and sold in select NFA outlets in the National Capital Region (NCR). — Anna Gabriela A. Mogato
