A pickup truck plowed into a crowd of people lining up for P20-per-kilo subsidized rice outside the Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) office in Quezon City before dawn Wednesday, May 20, killing a 73-year-old man and injuring a sidewalk vendor. The fatal crash occurred...
With more minimum wage earners availing of the government’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday, July 1, raised concern over the initiative’s sustainability amid preparations for its expanded rollout. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said...