The Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) is welcoming the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to have groceries and convenience stores sell affordable rice, ranging from P29 to P45. PRA President Roberto Claudio gave this affirmation on the sidelines of the 2025 CEO Awards in Bonifacio...
Hans Sy, chairman of the executive committee of SM Prime Holdings, has been honored with the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) Outstanding Filipino Retailers President Award for his visionary leadership in retail development. Presented by the Philippine Retailers Association and the...
Amid risks posed by inflation, domestic retailers vowed to tackle consumer issues and implement innovative measures to help prevent upticks in prices of consumer goods. Sam Gregory Lim, committee chairman of the 30 th National Retail Conference and Expo (NRCE) Sam Gregory Lim, committee...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Speaker’s office, Facebook) The House of Representatives won't be sparing unscrupulous, greedy retailers who will take advantage of consumers this Christmas season. Thus,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has started distributing aid totaling P14.5 million to 967 more micro rice retailers in Western Visayas affected by the price cap. “We are glad that we are able to help more small rice retailers this time. We believe that,...
ILOILO CITY – The first batch of micro rice retailers in Western Visayas have received their P15,000 cash aid. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 aided the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 in releasing the money for those affected by the government rice price...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A group of rice retailers from one of the biggest markets in this city that has been affected by the price ceiling has urged the government not to delay the release of cash assistance. THE Department of Agriculture-Region 10, together with the Cagayan de Oro City Price...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided financial assistance totaling P945,000 to 63 micro rice retailers in 12 areas in Negros Oriental on Thursday, September 14. SIXTY-THREE micro rice retailers from Negros Oriental receive subsidy totaling P945,000 from...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas (DSWD-7) will distribute cash assistance amounting to P1.3 million to micro rice retailers who were affected by the enforcement of the rice price cap. The DSWD-7 announced on Wednesday, September 13, that there will be...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Grains Retailers, Traders, Millers, and Rice Importers Association has urged lawmakers to reconsider the provision on hoarding as stipulated in Senate Bill No. 2432 or the proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. A RICE retailer in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
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...
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...
