{"id":181854,"date":"2018-09-17T01:12:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T05:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=181854"},"modified":"2018-09-17T01:12:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T05:12:37","slug":"prrd-eyes-army-chief-next-nfa-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/17\/prrd-eyes-army-chief-next-nfa-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD eyes Army chief as next NFA administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_174352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174352\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174352\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Duterte-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shares a light moment with the guests during the Joint 68th National Security Council and 69th National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Founding Anniversary Celebration at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on July 31, 2018. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his desire to appoint Philippine Army (PA) Chief Lt. Gen. Rolando Bautista as next administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA).<\/p>\n<p>During the situation briefing on the effects of Typhoon Ompong in Tuguegarao on Sunday, Duterte asked Bautista to take over the NFA after the latter\u2019s retirement from the military on October 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Mabait yan si<\/em>\u00a0Rolly (Rolly is kind). In the meantime\u00a0<em>na hindi kita mailagay sa<\/em>\u00a0(that I cannot put you in the) central bank,\u00a0<em>pwede ka muna sa<\/em>\u00a0NFA\u00a0<em>siguro<\/em>\u00a0(perhaps you can go to NFA). Rationalize the idiotic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s first marching order to the outgoing PA chief is to make NFA structural to address the country\u2019s rice supply.<\/p>\n<p>He said he needs someone whom he could trust to handle NFA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s the problem because there\u2019s a dearth of a substantial knowledge of where the rice is. That\u2019s (why) I need somebody I can trust\u00a0<em>at masasabihan ko na<\/em>\u00a0(to whom I could say), \u2018Fix that,\u2019\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Wala naman ako mailagay, si<\/em>\u00a0Bautista\u00a0<em>muna<\/em>\u00a0come October (I can\u2019t find someone to put there. Bautista first, come October),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed that Bautista\u2019s appointment as NFA administrator will take effect on October 15.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte earlier announced that incumbent NFA Adminstrator Jason Aquino has requested to be replaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his desire to appoint Philippine Army (PA) Chief Lt. Gen. 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