The Department of Agriculture (DA) played down concerns about the potential for well-milled rice prices to reach P60 per kilo, despite the double-digit increase in the inflation rate for the staple food last December. In an interview over DZBB on Saturday, Jan. 6, Agriculture Assistant Secretary...
The cost of rice shot up by 19.6 percent in December last year, marking its highest increase in over 14 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. This reading, according to the statistics agency, was also the highest in 2023 since rice inflation peaked in September due to the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Despite the very real threat of El Niño, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan believes that the Philippines would still be able to increase its rice production for 2024. This, as Yamsuan highlighted on Wednesday, Jan. 3...
President Marcos' unconditional cash assistance has been utilized by tens of thousands of rice farmers, and the Department of Agriculture (DA) expects many more to take advantage of the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) Program. In the past seven days, ending on Wednesday, Dec. 27, a total...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that rice farmers have started getting cash aid from the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program, which is funded by the excess tariff collection. In a statement, the DA said that over two million farmers with below two hectares of tilling have been...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced Wednesday, Dec. 27, that imported rice has begun to arrive, with shipments expected to continue until early February next year. Agriculture Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge for Operations Roger Navarro said around 76,000 metric tons of rice from...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has put forward his “game-changing” proposal that would allow the government to finally start selling rice for as low as P20 a kilo in the coming year. “Contrary to the contention of our...
The country's production of unmilled rice, or palay, is projected to increase in the last quarter of the year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. In a report on Thursday, Dec. 21, the PSA said the palay output from October to December may increase by 1.3 percent to...
DAVAO CITY – Over 200 barangay officials and eight families affected by a recent fire in Mati City, Davao Oriental, received on Wednesday, December 20, sacks of rice from Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. VICE President Duterte (FB) Duterte donated these sacks of rice to Mati City Mayor...
Amid the ongoing El Niño phenomenon, the prices of agricultural commodities, such as regular milled rice, posted an increase in the initial days of December. Based on a survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the average retail price of a kilogram of well-milled rice rose to P48.84...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that the country's rice supply is sufficient until the next harvest season, supported by steady local production and imports. In a briefing on Saturday, Dec. 13, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa said they expect the national rice stock inventory...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Congress has set aside funds from the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 for the implementation of a program that would pull down the price of good quality rice by almost half for the benefit of...
