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 Agriculture (DA) is in support of a recommendation from a House of Representatives panel to revert the rice tariff rate from 15 percent to 35 percent—on the condition that this will be implemented gradually. During the final hearing of the House quinta committee on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental will continue working directly with the Federation of Irrigators’ Association of Central Negros-Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) in implementing the P20 per kilo rice program of the national government in the province. ...
The Philippines will receive a $500-million loan, or about ₱27.9 billion, from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support efforts to make the local agriculture sector more sustainable through 2030. ADB agriculture, food, nature, and rural development sector office senior director Qingfeng Zhang...
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest $1.5 billion, or about ₱83.8 billion, through a five-year farming program aiming to improve rice productivity and low-carbon rice production across Asia and the Pacific (APAC), including the Philippines. This is part of the multilateral...
The country’s rice inventory jumped by 14 percent to over two million metric tons (MT) in May, aligning with the government’s ongoing efforts to ensure food sufficiency and stabilize prices. In its latest report, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said rice stocks stood at 2.37 million...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering increasing the buying price of palay (unhusked rice) to support farmers and the national government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced during the program’s launching at Burgos...
BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Food Authority (NFA) started delivering sacks of rice to the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Wednesday, June 4, a day before the official launching of the P20-per-kilo rice program here. Brenda Burdeos, project development officer IV of the City Cooperative...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez announced on Monday, June 2, that the city government will officially launch its P20 per kilo rice program on Thursday, June 5. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. will lead the launching of the program with an initial budget of P8 million. ...
President Marcos confidently pronounced that he will be able to sustain the implementation of the P20 per kilo of rice until the end of his term. Marcos said he will find a way to achieve it. "Watch me sustain it. And then, we 'll talk in May of 2028, natuloy ba o hindi (did it happen or...
