PPI: No ‘persecution’ in libel case against ex-DA chief

MANILA, Philippines — Agricultural company Planters Products Inc. (PPI) stood firm on complaints it had leveled against former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, who had questioned the legality of the company’s rice imports. In a statement on Friday, PPI legal counsel and spokesperson Czarina Quintanilla-Raz rejected Montemayor’s portrayal of the case as “persecution.” They insisted that the