Rice shortage, fake news, PH weather | Midday wRap

Today on Rappler:

President Rodrigo Duterte said he took away a Cabinet member’s powers because he was “too short-sighted” on the issue of rice supply and was engaged in a “turf war” with other officials. More than 4 out of 10 adult Filipinos use the internet, and a big majority of them see fake news as a serious issue, according to the results of two quarterly surveys released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Monday, June 11. A low pressure area (LPA) near Taiwan is enhancing the southwest monsoon in the Philippines, which means more rain on Thursday, June 14.