120,000 bags of rice for Mindanao arrive in Iloilo
National Food Authority (NFA) provincial manager Hedy Jardeleza confirmed the arrival of the 120,000 bags of imported rice from Vietnam and other source countries at the Iloilo Port which are intended for Mindanao.
Jardeleza said the ports in Mindanao have no capability to accommodate bigger volumes of rice and vessels carrying such volumes the reason the imported rice were diverted to Iloilo to be shipped to the intended beneficiaries later on.
"NFA in Iloilo has the capability because we have the warehouse and we have an international port t
"The 120,000 bags are not for Western Visayas but I think for Cagayan de Oro."
Jardelza said they will soon start with the unloading of the shipment. (PNA)