The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that rice farmers have started getting cash aid from the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program, which is funded by the excess tariff collection. In a statement, the DA said that over two million farmers with below two hectares of tilling have been...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced Wednesday, Dec. 27, that imported rice has begun to arrive, with shipments expected to continue until early February next year. Agriculture Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge for Operations Roger Navarro said around 76,000 metric tons of rice from...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has put forward his “game-changing” proposal that would allow the government to finally start selling rice for as low as P20 a kilo in the coming year. “Contrary to the contention of our...
The country's production of unmilled rice, or palay, is projected to increase in the last quarter of the year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. In a report on Thursday, Dec. 21, the PSA said the palay output from October to December may increase by 1.3 percent to...
DAVAO CITY – Over 200 barangay officials and eight families affected by a recent fire in Mati City, Davao Oriental, received on Wednesday, December 20, sacks of rice from Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. VICE President Duterte (FB) Duterte donated these sacks of rice to Mati City Mayor...
Amid the ongoing El Niño phenomenon, the prices of agricultural commodities, such as regular milled rice, posted an increase in the initial days of December. Based on a survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the average retail price of a kilogram of well-milled rice rose to P48.84...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that the country's rice supply is sufficient until the next harvest season, supported by steady local production and imports. In a briefing on Saturday, Dec. 13, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa said they expect the national rice stock inventory...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Congress has set aside funds from the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 for the implementation of a program that would pull down the price of good quality rice by almost half for the benefit of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Thursday, Dec. 7 that the agency follows the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, which calls for rice cash subsidies rather than actual bags of rice. DSWD Spokesperson and...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has expressed concerns over the Department of Agriculture's (DA) unfulfilled promise of lowered rice prices during the holiday season. Tulfo, the deputy majority leader for...
(Unsplash) The National Food Authority (NFA) made it clear to the House Committee on Agriculture and Food that there will be challenges in the prices of rice this December. “We hope to get alternative sources and expand supply, and then cost hopefully,...
The farmgate price of palay or rice per kilogram picked up at a faster pace in October this year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. PSA reported that the average farmgate price of palay in the country rose by 18.1 percent to P20.60 per kilogram in October from P17.44...
