CEBU CITY – The provincial government led the kickoff of National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM) in Bohol on Monday, November 6, . Farmers, youth sector representatives, agricultural extension workers, municipal agriculturists, rice technicians, agriculture line agencies, and private seed companies...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez speaks to the crowd in Biñan City, Laguna during the launch of the CARD program on Nov. 5, 2023. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led on Sunday, Nov. 5 the launch of the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD)...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (leftmos)(Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta was able to sell good quality rice at just P35 per kilo to lucky consumers in Capas, Tarlac earlier this month. A Facebook post from Marcoleta last Oct. 16 boasted that...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) distribution of financial assistance for small rice retailers and sari-sari store owners has ended on Oct. 20. “A total of 26,266 micro-retailers and sari-sari store owners benefitted from the SLP (Sustainable Livelihood Program) receiving...
By Henrylito D. Tacio American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of...
The Indian government has awarded to the Philippines its “highest allocation of rice export,” its embassy in Manila said on Wednesday, Oct. 18. (Photo from Indian Ambassador Shambhu Kumaran's X page) In an email to the Manila Bulletin, Indian Embassy’s Press, Information and Culture (PIC)...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Valladolid in Negros Occidental is eyeing to implement farm clustering to help farmers produce more rice. Mayor Enrique Miravalles, in a press briefing on Monday, October 16, said that the town is considered as the second rice granary in the province, with about...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the average price of well-milled rice dropped in mid-September but still exceeded the government-mandated cap of P45. Based on PSA latest price situationer report, a kilogram of well-milled rice at the national level amounted to an average...
Stressing that rice is not merely just a food but life, President Marcos encouraged government agencies and the private sector to continue collaborating with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in identifying solutions on the country's rice industry problems. President Ferdinand...
The country’s rice production in the third quarter may experience a slight increase compared to the same period last year. In a report, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) settled the rice output from July to September at 3.8 million metric tons as of Sept. 1. This reflected an increase of...
The additional P40 billion budget for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) can irrigate more rice fields that will produce over 570,000 metric tons more palay or unhusked rice each year. NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen said that more investment in irrigation systems for next year can...
SACKS OF RICE FOR BULAKENYOS -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian distributes rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the 25-kg sack of rice in Paombong town, during the ceremonial rice distribution held at the Paombong Municipal Covered Court, Paombong,...
