BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city has released rice assistance to 2,200 Transportation Network Vehicle Services drivers since Sunday, April 12. They received five kilos of rice each from the city government to provide relief amid the oil crisis. Validation of the list of names for the...
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Tuesday, April 14, turned over 4,000 sacks of rice to the City of Manila as a gesture of gratitude for the city’s hospitality toward Batangas farmers who have been camping at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila, for over a week. The turnover ceremony was...
The Manila city government will roll out a new wave of assistance programs this week, including P25,000 financial aid for local bakers and a monthly rice distribution for around 80,000 beneficiaries, as part of ongoing efforts to cushion the impact of rising prices. Speaking during a regular...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering the imposition of price ceilings on other agricultural commodities aside from imported rice should retail prices exceed reasonable levels. “If there’s profiteering, yes, we’ll do that,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel told...
The country’s rice imports in the first quarter rose by nearly 37 percent to more than one million metric tons (MT) compared to a year ago, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). The latest BPI data showed that rice imports from January to March reached 1.26 million MT, higher than the...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city distributed five kilos of rice to 1,193 modernized and traditional jeepney drivers on Easter Sunday, April 5, affected by successive fuel price hikes. The city government deployed pickup trucks to distribute the staple to various Public Utility Jeepney...
Country’s rice stockpiles expanded in March compared with a year earlier, driven by the recovery in government-held reserves and steady gains in household holdings, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Agency (PSA). Total rice inventory stood at 1.88 million metric tons as...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government is expediting the release of food subsidy to indigents using the P56-million grant from the national government. "I have directed the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD) to prepare the project proposal and the purchase request and other documentary...
President Marcos announced that he has approved the recommendation to cap the price of imported well-milled rice at P50 per kilo. In a video message on Tuesday, March 31, Marcos said an executive order will be issued to formalize the price ceiling on rice. "Nagrekomenda na ang National Price...
DAGUPAN CITY — Rice at P20 per kilo under the government’s “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na’’ program continues to be sold here. Mayor Belen Fernandez said that Tricycle Operators and Drivers’ Associations (TODA) and other vulnerable sectors availed on the second day of the program on Tuesday,...
The Philippines’ rice imports may increase to over five million metric tons (MT) in the upcoming marketing year (MY) 2026-2027 to plug the shortfall in domestic production, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a report, the USDA estimated that the country’s rice...
Senator Imee Marcos expressed concern over the use of imported rice for the government’s “P20 rice” program despite the ongoing harvest season and the absence of any declared supply shortage. Marcos said that some officials appear to be prioritizing profit over protecting the welfare of...
