President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has convened representatives from different government agencies to discuss the concerns on the upcoming enforcement of retail price ceilings on rice. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos presided over the meeting just...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee says the Marcos administration can still reduce retail prices of rice to as low as P20 per kilo through sheer subsidization by the government. "Food security is a national security...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) (Speaker’s office) The national government will seriously implement the price ceiling on rice, if House Speaker Martin Romualdez's remarks are anything to go by. In a statement Sunday, Sept. 3, Romualdez...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has designated several parcels of land in Maasim, Sarangani province for inclusion in the existing Kamanga Agro-Industrial Economic Zone. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) It will be implemented through Proclamation...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is now acting on one of her advocacies as she volunteered to help the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development in their efforts to clean up Pasig River. (File photos | Argyll Geducos, Liza Marcos/Facebook) Housing Secretary Jose Acuzar said this...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) asserted that President Marcos’ order to set a cap on rice prices is justified, serving as a temporary measure against unscrupulous traders. According to the NEDA, there has been a significant upward trend in rice prices in recent weeks,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo as Special Envoy of the President for Overseas Filipino Concerns, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed on Saturday, Sept. 2. File photo of President Marcos with Iglesia...
Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) The Palace-ordered price ceiling on rice should guarantee Filipinos' access to the staple grain. Thus, said Senator Grace Poe on Saturday, Sept. 2 even as she prodded President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to pursue...
Women's group Gabriela on Saturday, Sept. 2, slammed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos' decision to impose a rice price ceiling. Photo credit to abriela “Ang P30 na price ceiling ni Marcos para sa bigas ay isang malaking budol! (The price ceiling of P30 for rice set by...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Rice shortages at the local level could become an offshoot of the Malacañang-imposed rice price ceiling, economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said on Saturday, Sept. 2. "Price ceilings can have...
A non-government organization composed of rice traders has expressed readiness to work with the government to provide consumers with affordable and quality rice after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s imposition of a price cap on rice. (Keith Bacongco/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) In...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left,) Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a glimpse into the mindset of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that explained why the latter implemented a price...
