The Department of Agriculture (DA) will expand the government’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program to include farmers of the staple beginning next month, expanding access to cheaper rice for one of the country’s poorest sectors. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the government will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin offering P20 per kilo of rice to beneficiaries of its “Walang Gutom Program” (WGP) starting on Monday, July 7. The launch will take place during a food redemption activity in Tondo, Manila, under the initiative “Benteng Bigas,...
Malacañang vowed to go after rice traders using the government’s P20 per kilo rice program to justify buying palay at unreasonably low prices, saying the act could be considered economic sabotage. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this following reports that some traders have...
Malacañang said more Filipinos are set to benefit from cheaper rice as President Marcos led the public rollout of the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” initiative at the Zapote Public Market in Cavite, marking a major expansion of the government’s P20-rice program to public markets across the...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental, in partnership with the Federation of Irrigators’ Association of Central Negros-Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) Inc., started selling rice at P20 per kilo to vulnerable sectors in Pulupandan town on Tuesday, June 24. ...
President Marcos expressed confidence that the P20-per-kilo rice sold through the Kadiwa stores can be sustained without the need for government subsidies, citing record-breaking palay production and ongoing support for farmers. In his podcast released on Wednesday, June 18, the President...
Minimum wage earners can now take advantage of the government’s ₱20-per-kilo subsidized rice following its rollout in Manila led by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel and Labor Secretary Bienvenido...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that it will begin piloting the distribution of P20-per-kilo rice to beneficiaries of its “Walang Gutom Program” (WGP) this June, following the approval of its request to the Department of Agriculture (DA) for a supply of...
Beginning May 13, a day after the midterm elections, Filipinos can purchase ₱20-per-kilo rice at a dozen Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) stores across Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier launched the pilot program of the government’s ₱20 rice program on May 1...
(File photo) The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is mulling to sell P40 per kilo of rice across the country through the “Rice-for-All” program even as it assured that the affordable price of the commodity will still provide decent income for farmers. DA Assistant Secretary Genevieve...
The promise to bring down the price of rice to P20 per kilo is not within reach soon, given the several issues affecting the agriculture sector. This was admitted by Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Mercedita Sombilla in a Palace briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 1, noting that it will not be...
The potential revival of the Masagana 99 program should have a higher target yield of palay (unhusked rice) in order to fulfill President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s election campaign promise of P20-per-kilo rice. Thus, said administration solon Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
