(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the "Young Guns" bloc in the House of Representatives only have good things to say about the Marcos administration's P29 Rice Program. Assistant Majority Leaders Lanao del Sur 1st...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) A noble initiative. That's how Deputy Speaker Quezon 1st district Rep. David “Jay-jay” Suarez described President Marcos' P29 Rice Program, which aims to provide...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) The Marcos administration and the House of Representatives are working toward the lofty goal of rice self-sufficiency by 2028. Thus, said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) President Marcos' P29 Rice Program is right up House Speaker Martin Romualdez's alley. Known as "Mr. Rice" Romualdez sees the value of the...
Senator Imee Marcos has called on the National Economic Development Authority to publicize the details of its board meeting that led to the government’s controversial decision to cut the tariff on imported rice to 15 percent up to 2028. Sen. Imee Marcos attends Thursday’s hearing of the...
Prices of most agricultural commodities posted a decline during the last week of June, according to a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on its national price situationer for the second phase of June, the PSA reported that four agricultural goods declined during the period...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from right) leads the distribution under the CARD Program (Speaker’s office) "Mr. Rice" House Speaker Martin Romualdez has done it again, this time in his home province of Leyte in the Visayas. Romualdez led on...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee said the government must reinforce its rice buffer stock to last for 15 to 30 days in preparation for the arrival of La Niña season. Lee said the inventory must be...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The alleged distribution of rice packs marked "Romualdez rice" hasn't been sanctioned. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez even as he vowed to respond to the matter....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expecting around 3.64 million metric tons of rice inventory for this year, which it said, is equivalent to 93 days of national consumption. The figure is almost 100 percent higher than the rice inventory recorded in December last year at only 1.9 million metric...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez assured the public Monday, June 24 that the effects of the rice imports tariff slash would soon be felt, possibly before President Marcos' third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22. "We want...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte remains hopeful that the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) would become a top concern for the Senate amid the rising costs of rice. This, after House Speaker...
