(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace-ordered price cap on rice shouldn't be a temporary thing, House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan said on Monday, Sept. 18. “The government should keep the caps on rice costs as...
A total of 44 rice retailers received cash assistance or “ayuda” from the national government in Muntinlupa following the imposition by President Marcos of a rice price cap on regular milled and well-milled rice. The Muntinlupa City government headed by Mayor Ruffy Biazon assisted in the...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno brushed off the farmers' group's demand for President Marcos' two economic managers to resign, wishing them a delightful weekend instead. Diokno, who was accompanying the president in Singapore, chose not to directly respond to the call for his and...
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 – Retailers here are feeling the pinch of the rice price cap. UNDERSECRETARY Terence Calatrava (second from left) of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas inspects prices of rice at Carbon Market in Cebu City on Thursday, Sept. 14. (Photo from Radyo Pilipinas Cebu)...
The Marikina City local government signed on Thursday, Sept. 14, three ordinances that will give cash assistance and waive rental fees and business tax payments for rice retailers in the city amid the implementation of the national rice price ceiling policy. Mayor Marcy Teodoro on Thursday,...
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...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III and representatives from the national government on Sept. 13 distributed “ayuda” or financial assistance to retailers affected by President Marcos' imposition of a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. According to Ponce, a total of 22 rice retailers in...
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...
