Malacañang assured the public that the country’s rice supply remains sufficient even with the 60-day suspension of imports starting next month, citing local harvests and stronger government monitoring. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this ahead of the start of the two-month...
The government has increased the maximum kilos of rice a household can buy from Kadiwa stores to 30 kilos, an Agriculture official said. P45 well-milled rice is being sold at the Kadiwa store in the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) in Manila on Aug. 1, 2024. (Arnold Quizol | MB File Photo) In a...
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on Tuesday, Feb. 11, promised to support the Philippines’ food security by supplying rice and other food products. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. welcomes Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II committee manpower and resources in escorting trucks that will deliver sacks of rice across the country in line with the declaration of national food emergency on rice by the Department of Agriculture. Mendoza said he...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) maintained that there is no rice supply shortage in the country despite the recommendation to declare a food security emergency. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photos from the Presidential Communications Office) DA spokesperson Assistant...
President Marcos signed into law on Monday, Dec. 9, the law amending the Agricultural Tariffication Act (ATA) to make the country’s rice industry more competitive. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks during the signing of the Agricultural Tariffication Act (ATA) in Malacañan Palace on...
Filipinos will have stable access to rice in the coming Christmas season despite the subsequent typhoons that struck the country’s agricultural lands these past weeks, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Engr. Eduardo Guillen said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has plans to shift the agricultural sector’s cropping calendar as a long-term solution to the devastating impact of typhoons to the country’s low-lying ricefields and harvest season. (Keith Bacongco/MB file photo) NIA Administrator...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured Filipinos that the country's rice supply remains sufficient despite the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine which ravaged different parts of the Philippines this week. File photo Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said this during a...
By Derco Rosal The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that rice and corn stocks continued to decline in September this year due to storm damage and lower global prices. In September, rice stock levels dropped by 11.2 percent compared to the previous month, which recorded 1.87...
Cambodia is ready to export rice to the Philippines that will come from its surplus as part of the two countries' efforts to strengthen bilateral ties. Phnom Penh's commitment came as Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia Flerida Ann Camille Mayo paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Hun Manet on July...
President Marcos has formalized the reduction of tariff rate on rice from 35 percent to 15 percent. MB File Photo/Mark Balmores The rice tariff cut was formalized through Executive Order No. 62 which also ordered the modification of nomenclature and tariff rates on various products to ensure...
