Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña has called on the government to take action against rice cartels, which according to him are the only ones benefitting from high price of rice even as ordinary Filipinos struggle to make ends meet. Cendaña's call came as the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
President Marcos said yesterday that the impending declaration of a food security emergency in the country by the end of the month would be a last resort to bring the price of retail rice down despite government efforts to alleviate the situation. File photo Marcos said this after the Department of...
The Marcos administration is on the verge of declaring a food security emergency as rice prices remain stubbornly high despite government efforts to alleviate the situation. The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) approved a resolution on Thursday, Jan. 16, urging the Department of...
(File photo) Congressmen who took part in the Murang Pagkain Super-committee's hearing Wednesday, Jan. 15 were exasperated by the Department of Agriculture's (DA) move of setting the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for rice at an...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ahead of the resumption of plenary sessions, House quinta-committee overall chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to step up the joint panel’s efforts to lower the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (PPAB) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda credited the progress of the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm), particularly the initiatives led by Speaker Martin Romualdez, for the steady decrease in rice prices. In a...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Local supermarkets and big retailers have been given fair warning by the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm) in its investigation on the prevailing high prices of rice--the country's staple...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) Alarmed by the prevailing high price of rice, Speaker Martin Romualdez has told profiteers and price manipulators to clean up their act, or else face the wrath of the House of Representatives. “Sa...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo has debunked the Department of Agriculture's (DA) claim that the agency is powerless to stop the soaring prices of...
Rice prices from earlier this year (MANILA BULLETIN) The quinta-committee (quinta-comm) of the House of Representatives has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the role of middlemen in the alleged manipulation...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A serious omission by the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) caused House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Expect prices of rice to drop this coming 2025. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Lray Villafuerte gave this fearless forecast as he hailed President Marcos for signing into law Republic Act (RA) No. 12078 or...
