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 ==[[Sorsogon News]]==
-'''Prelates happy with failure of North Korea rocket launch'''
+'''NFA told to establish more buying stations'''
-*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/04/13/prelates-happy-failure-north-korea-rocket-launch-216109
+*Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/2012/04/14/nfa-told-to-establish-more-buying-stations/
-*Friday, April 13, 2012
+*Saturday, 14 April, 2012
-:by  (FP/Sunnex)
+:by   Othel V. Campos
-SEVERAL bishops were happy that the rocket launched by North Korea (NoKor) has failed.
+A group of food security advocates on Friday urged the state-run National Food Authority to open more buying stations nationwide and lift the tedious documentary requirements in purchasing palay or unmilled rice from marginalized farmers.
-Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said he is glad to hear reports that the launching was not successful.
+Task Force Food Sovereignty lead convenor Arze Glipo said they had received reports from farmers’ organizations in various parts of the country that local traders were manipulating market prices of freshly harvested palay.
-“I am happy. Our prayers to the Lord are heard,” he said.
+“In Irosin, Sorsogon, farmers told us that local traders are manipulating the market price of fresh palay. At the onset of harvest, farm gate price of fresh palay was pegged between P13 and P14 per kilogram. Now, it has declined to P11 per kilogram,” said Glipo.
-However, he is also saddened that the money used by North Korean government for the launch was wasted.
+She said local traders had stopped buying palay from farmers after heavy rains battered the province of Sorsogon, pulling down the buying price to P11 per kilogram.
-“I pity the NoKor people because their leaders wasted millions of dollars for a failed project while millions are hungry,” Bastes said.
-Marbel (South Cotabato) Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez also expressed the same concern as the money should have been given to hungry people.
-“The money should be spent to feed the people,” the prelate added.
-Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco said what happened should serve as a reminder that man does not have complete control of everything.
-“Man is only a steward. Let us ask the Lord that we may always be good stewards,” he said.
-Earlier, bishops urged the people to pray that the rocket launch will not push through.
-On Friday, it was reported that Unha-3 rocket failed to reach the orbit.
-With this, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) lifted the no-fly, sail and fish zones off Northern Luzon.
-The rocket was launched before 7 a.m. Manila time but crashed into the Yellow Sea after about five minutes in flight.
+“This is also happening in areas which experienced heavy rains in the past days. Local traders know that there is not enough time to dry the grains and farmers need the money badly, hence they are delaying procurement which reduced the price of fresh palay,” said Glipo.
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