January 17, 2008 (LPAC) - Growing hunger caused by hyperinflation of food prices and the shift of food production to biofuels, a favorite food substance of Al Gordo,  is causing unrest in the Philippines and forcing the nation's elite to scrap their capitulation to this British genocidal policy. The author of the Biofuels Act of 2007, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, is now recognizing that the conversion of agricultural land to biofuels production is threatening the food supply. As she said on Jan. 14: "Because the Philippines has a small land area, biofuel production will tend to encroach on food production. Corporations are already searching for millions of hectares for jatropha alone. We have to step on the brakes and decelerate." Jatropha plants produce oilseeds which are used to produce biodiesel.

Also, Rep. Roilo Golez called on the House to open an inquiry into the impact of the biofuel program, saying: "There seems to be a mad rush to develop biofuels. A lot of resources are being committed, including millions of hectares of land and billions of pesos, on something that is now being debated."