ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-6 (Western Visayas) noted that rice retailers in this city and the province of Iloilo are highly compliant with the price ceiling set by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Maria Teresa Solis, chief of the DA-6 Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance...
The Muntinlupa City government has imposed a moratorium on the collection of rental payment from stall holders engaged in the selling of rice as assistance to them following President Marcos' decision to put a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. A sign put by a rice retailer in...
President Marcos on Tuesday, Sept. 27, scrapped the proposed temporary implementation of rice tariff reduction which would’ve aimed to address the surge of rice prices in the market. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) A statement from the...
The distribution of the smuggled rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the qualified beneficiaries underwent the proper process, President Marcos assured on Tuesday, Sept. 26. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid...
Sen. Imee Marcos joined protesters on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in front of the Department of Finance (DOF) office calling for the removal of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Sen. Imee Marcos joins protesters in...
President Marcos is hopeful that the government's agriculture modernization program will bear "positive impacts" amid its efforts to maintain sufficient rice buffer stock in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) In his message during the 51st anniversary of the...
Smugglers and hoarders are the insects that disrupt the supply and prices of rice in the country, President Marcos said as he put the blame on them over the rising prices of rice. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos called them "bukbok" or weevils that usually infest old and poorly-stored stock of rice and...
Photo from Noel B. Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and President Marcos led the distribution of rice to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries at the San Andres Sports Complex in Malate, Manila, on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Photo from MACHRA/MANILA BULLETIN...
President Marcos said he is determined to end smuggling and hoarding of rice in the country, asking government officials and Filipinos to help him in the fight. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Addressing rice beneficiaries in Manila on Tuesday, Sept. 26, Marcos aired once...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will distribute cash assistance to sari-sari store owners suffering losses due to the rice price ceiling starting on Tuesday, Sept. 26. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications Group and spokesperson Romel Lopez on Monday, Sept....
Instead of lowering the rice import tariffs, the government should consider utilizing the revenues to benefit low-income and lower-middle class families. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, September 25 made the suggestion as she expressed doubts on...
ROSALES, Pangasinan – The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) and 25 other agricultural groups are joining the call of the rice industry stakeholders to reject proposals to reduce or remove tariffs on rice, pork, chicken, and corn. Businessman Rosendo So, SINAG chairman, said that Finance...
