Tag: rice
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When rice is life
Don’t even joke about it. Somebody must have said this to Senator Villar when she suggested, and later denied, the banning of unlimited rice promos in restaurants to curb diabetes in the Philippines. But the damage has been done. Within hours after news broke, the poor senator is now one of the most hated politicians […]
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Philippine gov’t explains why there’s no need to increase minimum wage
What an ugly, mortifying news this is: THE country’s daily minimum wage is one of the highest in the region, based on the amount of rice, the staple food of Filipinos, it can buy. The National Statistics Coordination Board’s newly released “Sexy Statistics” showed that last year, the daily minimum wages in the Philippines and […]
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Philippine gov't explains why there's no need to increase minimum wage
What an ugly, mortifying news this is: THE country’s daily minimum wage is one of the highest in the region, based on the amount of rice, the staple food of Filipinos, it can buy. The National Statistics Coordination Board’s newly released “Sexy Statistics” showed that last year, the daily minimum wages in the Philippines and […]
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