“The price of rice in the world market plummeted by 21% following President Ferdinand Marcos' imposition of a price ceiling on rice.”
Martin Romualdez
Claim dated 7 Sep 2023.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
The latest price index report from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations shows that All Rice Price index increased in August 2023 to reach 142.4 points, which is 9.8% higher than the previous month and 31.2% more than its value in the previous year.
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In short
Martin Romualdez made this claim around 7 September 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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