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People in the Philippines are suffering from Rice shortage. They don’t know how this rice shortage hit the Philippines. People pay for there rice per kilos so how come that the supply is short? Many different kind of rice are harvested or imported to the Philippines. From America, Vietnam etc we have our own land to plant rice but they buy from other country. Some seller of the rice in the Philippines increased the price of their rice and they said that it’s rice shortage so we will increase the price. Is that the solution for the rice shortage?? To increase the price of the rice?. Pangaabuso ang tawag dun diba?
I’m here now onboard ruby express June 5, 2008 we are lucky here because we don’t experience rice shortage unlike in the Philippines. The owner of the ship supplies us enough food to ease our hunger everyday. We eat 3 times a day plus meriyenda and midnight snack when you are hungry before you go to bed.
We are at anchor in I anchorage in Point Tupper Canada waiting for the order to load cargo and we will bring the cargo to Miami Florida (port everglades). If the Philippines experienced the rice shortage, here in the ship we experienced it too. As I said before the owner gives us enough food supply but the problem is our old man here in the ship. He is not a Filipino but a foreigner and he doesn't eat rice. Asian eats rice and that is the staple food of the Asian and you cannot remove it from there dinning tables. Our chief cook already told our old man that his supplies are not good enough to last in Florida. From Canada to Florida we can sail it for 4 days by 14.5 knots. Our speed will reduce if there is a bad weather on our way so it’s not sure if we will make it a 4 days going to Florida. Our chief cook told to captain that if the port will allow some crew to go ashore they will buy some rice to supply us till Florida. Our captain doesn’t agree to the chief cook plan. He told chief cook that if we get some provision here in Canada the charge in supply boats are much more expensive than the rice. He doesn’t agree to buy a rice supply in wallmart and all he want is to get provision (rice provision) in Florida. Our rice supplies are not enough for 26 crew onboard the ship. In breakfast they will not serve rice but they will serve bread. Filipino get there strength to the rice and the work of the ratings aboard the ship are very hard. In lunch and dinner they will serve rice but it’s limited. If you are late in lunch and dinner time you cannot eat rice because it’s not enough for the 26 crew onboard the ship.
For now we are just in silence on what’s happening to the ship. This entire problem was the old man's fault. He must decide for his crew and not force them for what he only wants. He is lucky that he doesn’t eat rice but if he eats rice and our supply is short. For sure 100% even the charge of supply boat is much more expensive than the rice he will get and buy rice here in Canada.