House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) weighs rice grains with Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia (2nd from right) and Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (rightmost) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has declared his "all-out" support to a program in Cebu...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said he will try to determine the reason behind the apparent price spike the local market as far as rice is concerned. Romualdez, leader of the 300-plus strong House of...
By YVETTE TAN Most people know Thou Reyes as an actor who’s appeared on TV, in film, and onstage. What not a lot of people know is that this Metro Manila Film Festival New Wave Best Supporting Actor winner is also an entrepreneur. Actor Thou Reyes is the owner of Rice and Shine, a rice and sundry...
Rice (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) has projected a price range of P41 to P48 per kilo from most rice retailers come December, or the height of the holiday season. In a briefing held by the House Committee on...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) A staunch ally of President Marcos in the House of Representatives says that P20 per kilo rice is doable as early as next year, if only to benefit low-income families in the country. According to...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
Palay output, or unmilled rice, rose 0.4 percent from the previous quarter to 5.04 million metric tons in the third quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The rice production from July to September was higher than the 5.03 million metric tons recorded in the second quarter. The...
The Philippines will soon introduce a high quality rice poised to enter the international market. (MB FILE PHOTO) It will be called "Lakambini" rice, the Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) said. PhilRice Development Communication Division Head Hazel Antonio bared that they will be coming up with...
Filipinos waste P7 million worth of rice that can feed 2.5 million each year, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said on Thursday, Nov. 9, as it lamented the problem of rice wastage in the country. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) “It’s actually two...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the revival of proposed legislation that aims to prevent rice wastage by pushing restaurants to standardize the serving of half-a-cup of rice. (From left) DA-PhilRice Deputy Executive Director Dr. Karen Eloisa Barroga and Development Communication...
Businesses offering unlimited rice were urged to be stricter in imposing sanctions over rice wastage. Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) officials made the call during a Palace briefing to launch the 2023 National Rice Awareness Month on Thursday, Nov. 9....
(Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has highlighted the advantages that Filipino farmers would enjoy following Malacañang's directive for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to tap excess rice competitiveness enhancement...
