Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) Heightened price monitoring on rice will help determine who are manipulating the price of Filipino staple food to the detriment of both farmers and consumers. Quezon 1st...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) A co-chairman of the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm) has underscored the need for more reforms in order to sustain affordable rice prices and protect both consumers...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark Enverga (left), Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo (PPAB) Solons blasted the Department of Agriculture (DA) for insisting on the hefty maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) of P58 per kilo...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Facebook) A senior stalwart of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) has given one of the most glowing endorsements yet of House Speaker Martin...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) can help maximize the expected reduction on retail prices of rice by keeping the peso at "reasonable levels" against the United States (US) dollar. This was...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The Palace-ordered reduction on the duties imposed on imported rice won’t lead to reduced government support for rice farmers. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga,...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The proposed bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is moving swiftly in the House of Representatives and is expected to be approved on third and final reading before...
(Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture and Food launched on Tuesday, April 30, its evaluation on the effectiveness of the five-year-old Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) on the country’s agriculture sector. The...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will begin its motu proprio investigation on the alleged improper disposition of National Food Authority (NFA) rice stocks on...
Rice (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) has projected a price range of P41 to P48 per kilo from most rice retailers come December, or the height of the holiday season. In a briefing held by the House Committee on...
Onions (left), DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) Not on my watch. Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. gave his personal assurance to congressmen Monday morning, Nov. 20 that the absurd price surge on...
From left to right: Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren, and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook, PPAB) Ranking congressmen only have good things to say about House Speaker...
