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August 29, 2012

HEARING ON RICE SMUGGLING: Senator Ralph Recto, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile attend the continuation of a Senate hearing investigating the illegal shipment of Indian rice confiscated by the Bureau of Customs at the Subic Bay Freeport. The shipment, which came from India via Indonesia, was confiscated last May 15, for allegedly violating several provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP). (PHOTO by ALEX NUEVAESPANA/ August 29, 2012)

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