Sun Life Investment Management and Trust Corp. (SLIMTC) encourages Filipinos to invest globally to diversify their portfolios and potentially enhance their returns. In a statement, Mikko Vergara, SLIMTC's head of equities and global funds, highlighted the growing importance of global investing in...
Following a sharp decline in palay production last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that the Philippines will achieve a record-high harvest in 2025. In a statement on Monday, Jan. 20, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said this forecast is credited to the directive of...
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)...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) maintained that there is no rice supply shortage in the country despite the recommendation to declare a food security emergency. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photos from the Presidential Communications Office) DA spokesperson Assistant...
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...
Sultan Kudarat 2nd district Rep. Horacio Suansing Jr. stands at the podium on the plenary floor. (Facebook) Sultan Kudarat 2nd district Rep. Horacio Suansing Jr. is prodding the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Philippine Competition...
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...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized smuggled imported rice from Myanmar, Pakistan, and Thailand during a surprise raid on a warehouse in Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday night, Dec. 16. Thousands of sacks of rice worth more than P500 million were discovered without legal documents in Bulacan by the ...
