ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eleven rice retailers here each received P15,000 aid from the government on Thursday, September 14. It compensates their losses in the implementation of Executive Order 39 that placed a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. The financial assistance under the Department of...
The Mandaluyong City local government on Wednesday, Sept. 13, started the distribution of the P15,000 cash assistance from the national government to the city's rice retailers and sellers affected by the rice price cap mandated by the President. According to the city government, 71 rice retailers...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija (PNA) – One-hundred thirty-nine small rice retailers in this province on Tuesday, September 12, received P15,000 each as subsidy for losses incurred due to price caps on regular and well-milled rice. In an interview, Dr. Richard Simangan, Department of Trade Industry...
DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) – Seven rice retailers, among the first to comply with the price cap imposed on regular and well-milled rice, each received their P15,000 subsidy during the distribution at the city plaza on Wednesday, September 13. The grant was from the Department of Social Welfare...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the uncoordinated and contradicting policies of the government on rice regulation. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB Photo) Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No. 794, called on the Senate to look into...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) on Tuesday, Sept. 12, said the single-ticketing system (STS), while still on its pilot run, will soon transition into full implementation after the council is able to iron out issues on the digital payment services in the National Capital Region (NCR). The council...
DAVAO CITY – The city government of Mati established on Monday, September 11, Task Force Bantay Presyo to ensure that rice traders fully adhere to the price cap set by the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Mati City Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat issued Executive Order (EO) No. 82,...
Despite the apprehensions of some sectors and economists, the implementation of the price ceiling imposed on the country’s staple grain is “going as well as we can expect,” President Marcos claimed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting with the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aims to distribute financial aid and livelihood grants to some 5,942 micro rice retailers by Sept. 14, Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Tuesday, Sept. 12. A rice vendor at Paco Market in Manila (Arnold Quizol / Manila Bulletin) According to...
With the looming election ban due to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSK), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will work double time to finish distributing the cash payout to micro and small farmers affected by the price ceiling imposed on rice. DSWD Secretary...
The Tariff Commission will commence hearings on the proposed reduction in rice tariffs on Friday, Sept. 15. In a notice of public hearing posted on its website, the commission is inviting all interested parties to register their participation before the end of business hours on Thursday, Sept. 14....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
