(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 Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Rice retailing at around P30 per kilo by June. House Speaker Martin Romualdez announced this target on Tuesday afternoon, April 30 as he highlighted solons' effort to amend Republic Act (RA)...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution asking the Senate, particularly the Committees on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, to conduct a consultative and comprehensive review of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). Hontiveros, in filing Senate...
Sen. Imee Marcos joined protesters on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in front of the Department of Finance (DOF) office calling for the removal of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Sen. Imee Marcos joins protesters in...
Instead of lowering the rice import tariffs, the government should consider utilizing the revenues to benefit low-income and lower-middle class families. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, September 25 made the suggestion as she expressed doubts on...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government may lower rice tariffs once Congress adjourns by the end of this month. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the economic team recommended a temporary decrease in the current 35 percent rice import tariff rates to address the rising prices of...
(Ellson Quismorio/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is proposing two actions that he says can help address a looming national "food crisis". Recto based his concerns on the sudden plunge in farm...
Some senators on Friday, September 1 find it unnecessary for the government to impose a price ceiling on rice as addressing rice cartel and hoarding should have been the primary move of the government to tame the skyrocketing prices of the basic food staple in the market. Senators...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food committee, is elated with the recognition given by the World Bank (WB) to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 as a "strategic policy reform.” The WB lauded the RTL as "indicative of the true spirit of...
A heated verbal exchange ensued between Senators Cynthia Villar and Raffy Tulfo when the latter raised the topic of private developers converting farmlands into residential and commercial spaces during the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget. It was Tulfo who raised the...
A pro-administration senator has said that pricing rice at P20 per kilo is not possible--at least, not yet. Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who retained her chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform Committee in the current 19th Congress, explained that the price of palay or...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Monday, August 1, that it has approved the release of subsidy to rice farmers affected by the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P8.05 billion...
