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Article: Davao City eyes 'riceless day.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- June 14, 2008
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Davao City eyes 'riceless day
DAVAO CITY, June 22 (PNA) -- A riceless day is being planned by consumers in Davao City to put across a message.
City Councilor Leo Avila III said they had been talking with non-government organizations to mobilize a "riceless day" in Davao City.
If only we could reduce about 2,000 bags out of the campaign for a riceless day in the city is good enough to call the attention of rice retailers, Avila said.
"With the increasing cost of rice eating without rice in a day will do no harm to people. In fact he said this would be good for our health, he said.
He said the 9,000 bags daily consumption of ...