The Philippines intends to import less rice in 2023, an Agriculture executive said. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian made the statement following the projection of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the Philippines rice importation will hit 3.8...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated over 42,000 sacks of rice in Zamboanga City. In a statement, Customs said the bureau forfeited 42,180 sacks of Alas Jasmine Fragrant rice, valued at P42 million, that were discovered inside a warehouse in Brgy. San Jose Gusu, Zamboanga City. The...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A group of rice retailers from one of the biggest markets in this city that has been affected by the price ceiling has urged the government not to delay the release of cash assistance. THE Department of Agriculture-Region 10, together with the Cagayan de Oro City Price...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided financial assistance totaling P945,000 to 63 micro rice retailers in 12 areas in Negros Oriental on Thursday, September 14. SIXTY-THREE micro rice retailers from Negros Oriental receive subsidy totaling P945,000 from...
CEBU CITY – Retailers here are feeling the pinch of the rice price cap. UNDERSECRETARY Terence Calatrava (second from left) of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas inspects prices of rice at Carbon Market in Cebu City on Thursday, Sept. 14. (Photo from Radyo Pilipinas Cebu)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines' impending dislodgement of China as the world's number one rice importer reflects the sorry state of the local agriculture sector. Nueva Ecija 3rd district Rep. Ria Vergara, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and...
The Marikina City local government signed on Thursday, Sept. 14, three ordinances that will give cash assistance and waive rental fees and business tax payments for rice retailers in the city amid the implementation of the national rice price ceiling policy. Mayor Marcy Teodoro on Thursday,...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas (DSWD-7) will distribute cash assistance amounting to P1.3 million to micro rice retailers who were affected by the enforcement of the rice price cap. The DSWD-7 announced on Wednesday, September 13, that there will be...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Grains Retailers, Traders, Millers, and Rice Importers Association has urged lawmakers to reconsider the provision on hoarding as stipulated in Senate Bill No. 2432 or the proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. A RICE retailer in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III and representatives from the national government on Sept. 13 distributed “ayuda” or financial assistance to retailers affected by President Marcos' imposition of a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. According to Ponce, a total of 22 rice retailers in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eleven rice retailers here each received P15,000 aid from the government on Thursday, September 14. It compensates their losses in the implementation of Executive Order 39 that placed a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. The financial assistance under the Department of...
The Mandaluyong City local government on Wednesday, Sept. 13, started the distribution of the P15,000 cash assistance from the national government to the city's rice retailers and sellers affected by the rice price cap mandated by the President. According to the city government, 71 rice retailers...
