DA sets MSRP for pork in Metro Manila starting March 10, aiming to lower prices for consumers. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork in wet markets across Metro Manila beginning Monday, March 10, in a bid to lower prices. The MSRP...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the slower inflation in February is a clear affirmation that the agency’s strategy to stabilize the supply and prices of agricultural products is working as intended. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the...
The Philippines is expected to sign in July a record-high $1-billion loan agreement (over ₱57 billion) from the World Bank to fund its sustainable agricultural transformation program, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a statement, the DA said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu...
Filipinos will be able to save a few pesos as Malacañang announced the expected drop in the prices of rice and pork in the market this month. Photos by Santi San Juan/Manila Bulletin Citing a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Palace Press Officer and Communications...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking into establishing a network of solar-powered ice plants across the country to minimize spoilage and post-harvest losses in agricultural and fishery products. In a statement on Saturday, March 1, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said this...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is batting for all basic food items to have a suggested retail price (SRP) in order to prevent certain businessmen from manipulating their prices. The...
President Marcos wants to ramp up livestock consolidation and intensify biosecurity measures in addition to the ongoing vaccination against African swine fever (ASF) to fight the virus. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang file photo) Marcos said during Friday’s meeting with...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said his province had been chosen as among the initial local government unit (LGU)-partners of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in selling rice priced as...
The maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice, currently set at ₱52 per kilo, will be lowered to ₱49 beginning next month, according to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel. The new price cap to take effect on March 1 marks the first time the MSRP will go below the ₱50...
Four Philippine projects funded by World Bank loans totaling over $1.37 billion (nearly ₱80 billion) are progressing satisfactorily, according to the Washington-based multilateral lender. In separate implementation status and results reports this month and last month, the World Bank said the...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered inspections of onion cold storage facilities across the country to curb potential hoarding and price manipulation. Laurel announced on Monday, Feb. 24, that the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will take charge of these...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., leads the sale of NFA rice at P1,650 per sack, equivalent to P33 per kilogram, under the Food Security Emergency Program of the National Government. (Santi San Juan) The San Juan City...
