ILOILO CITY—Police and the provincial government of Antique are investigating the storing of 400 sacks of rotting rice in the provincial gymnasium.
Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, Antique police director, said investigators were gathering information and testimony of witnesses to determine if the rice had been left rotting in the gymnasium intentionally.
Ordaniel, who conducted an inspection at Evelio B. Javier Sports Complex at the capital town of San Jose with Gov. Rhodora Cadiao on Wednesday, said the sacks of rice were found in two toilets inside the gym.
The rice sacks were marked National Food Authority and dated November 2013, or more than a year ago.
He said rice from one of the sacks that was opened was already yellowish and had a foul smell. Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas