CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has suspended its program that sells rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) for P20 a kilo. Gov. Gwen Garcia said the Sugbo Merkadong Barato program was put on hold while they are counter-checking the list of beneficiaries who are qualified to...
CEBU CITY – Rice that can be bought at P20 per kilo is possible after all. The Cebu provincial government on Tuesday, November 28, launched the Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program where rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) is sold at P20 a kilo. The launching of the SMB program is part of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) weighs rice grains with Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia (2nd from right) and Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (rightmost) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has declared his "all-out" support to a program in Cebu...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said he will try to determine the reason behind the apparent price spike the local market as far as rice is concerned. Romualdez, leader of the 300-plus strong House of...
By YVETTE TAN Most people know Thou Reyes as an actor who’s appeared on TV, in film, and onstage. What not a lot of people know is that this Metro Manila Film Festival New Wave Best Supporting Actor winner is also an entrepreneur. Actor Thou Reyes is the owner of Rice and Shine, a rice and sundry...
Rice (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) has projected a price range of P41 to P48 per kilo from most rice retailers come December, or the height of the holiday season. In a briefing held by the House Committee on...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) A staunch ally of President Marcos in the House of Representatives says that P20 per kilo rice is doable as early as next year, if only to benefit low-income families in the country. According to...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
Palay output, or unmilled rice, rose 0.4 percent from the previous quarter to 5.04 million metric tons in the third quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The rice production from July to September was higher than the 5.03 million metric tons recorded in the second quarter. The...
The Philippines will soon introduce a high quality rice poised to enter the international market. (MB FILE PHOTO) It will be called "Lakambini" rice, the Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) said. PhilRice Development Communication Division Head Hazel Antonio bared that they will be coming up with...
Filipinos waste P7 million worth of rice that can feed 2.5 million each year, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said on Thursday, Nov. 9, as it lamented the problem of rice wastage in the country. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) “It’s actually two...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the revival of proposed legislation that aims to prevent rice wastage by pushing restaurants to standardize the serving of half-a-cup of rice. (From left) DA-PhilRice Deputy Executive Director Dr. Karen Eloisa Barroga and Development Communication...
