We took a Helio Courier single engine propeller aircraft from the Plaridel Airport in Plaridel Bulacan for Bagabag Airport. The plane is owned and operated by the Summer Institute for Linguistics. They often lend the plane to the Department of Education for the official trips of the Secretary.
Below us, we can see the vast expanse of Central Luzon as we made our way from Bulacan, through Pangasinan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, and finally, Nueva Vizcaya.
There are rice fields everywhere. There are also patches of built up areas spread all over the flat surface. There are clusters of houses, villages, towns, and cities.
The main topic of our discussions is the current rice shortage in the country.
We wonder why there is a shortage when we look at the fields, we see rice lands everywhere. Is there someone hoarding all these rice? Is there someone or some group earning from this perceived shortage? What is the government doing about it?
Well, we have a lot of ideas but we are still confident that this "virtual" shortage can be taken cared of. We hope that the President is well supported in curbing this "crisis."
If not, well, we go back to eating corn.
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