The Philippines, the world's No. 1 rice importer, would buy an even bigger volume during the current marketing year (MY) after a string of strong typhoons battered farms and slashed harvests, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service's...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A serious omission by the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) caused House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Expect prices of rice to drop this coming 2025. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Lray Villafuerte gave this fearless forecast as he hailed President Marcos for signing into law Republic Act (RA) No. 12078 or...
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...
(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...
ACEN Corporation's retail electricity unit has partnered with low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific to integrate renewable energy (RE) into its key facilities. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday, December 6, the firm said that ACEN Renewable Energy Solutions (ACEN RES) has begun 100...
(MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos’ campaign promise to bring rice prices down to P20 per kilo has been given new life thanks to the House Murang Pagkain Super-committee's plan to pursue it. This was according to the super-panel’s overall...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The newly-formed Murang Pagkain Super-committee in the House of Representatives has traced the “biggest agricultural price manipulation case" involving rice--the Filipino staple food--to the previous Duterte administration....
Demand that President Marcos fulfill his campaign promise of a P20-per-kilo rice, Vice President Sara Duterte said on late Sunday night, Nov. 24. (From left) President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte during the Brigada Eskwela in Manila last Aug. 14, 2023....
President Marcos revealed that the country would have to import rice to compensate for the agricultural damages caused by the recent typhoons that hit the country in just three weeks. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he led a situation briefing on...
Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo wondered on Sunday, Nov. 10 why the prices of imported rice hasn't gone down despite the huge tariff cut imposed by the Marcos administration....
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...
