Smugglers and hoarders are the insects that disrupt the supply and prices of rice in the country, President Marcos said as he put the blame on them over the rising prices of rice. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos called them "bukbok" or weevils that usually infest old and poorly-stored stock of rice and...
Photo from Noel B. Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and President Marcos led the distribution of rice to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries at the San Andres Sports Complex in Malate, Manila, on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Photo from MACHRA/MANILA BULLETIN...
President Marcos said he is determined to end smuggling and hoarding of rice in the country, asking government officials and Filipinos to help him in the fight. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Addressing rice beneficiaries in Manila on Tuesday, Sept. 26, Marcos aired once...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will distribute cash assistance to sari-sari store owners suffering losses due to the rice price ceiling starting on Tuesday, Sept. 26. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications Group and spokesperson Romel Lopez on Monday, Sept....
Instead of lowering the rice import tariffs, the government should consider utilizing the revenues to benefit low-income and lower-middle class families. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB Photo) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, September 25 made the suggestion as she expressed doubts on...
ROSALES, Pangasinan – The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) and 25 other agricultural groups are joining the call of the rice industry stakeholders to reject proposals to reduce or remove tariffs on rice, pork, chicken, and corn. Businessman Rosendo So, SINAG chairman, said that Finance...
The government will continue to distribute confiscated smuggled rice to poor families in the country under President Marcos' orders. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWS) Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez said the agency will...
President Marcos has ordered the distribution of cash assistance to sari-sari stores affected by the implementation of the temporary price ceiling on rice. (Arnold Quizol) Malacañang said on Sunday, Sept. 24, that the President directed the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
President Marcos reassured the public that the Philippines had enough rice supply, but admitted that the agriculture sector needed to be fixed. RICE DISTRIBUTION — President Marcos hands over a sack of rice to one of the beneficiaries at the University of Saint Anthony in Iriga, Camarines Sur, on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) President Marcos is not giving up on his campaign promise to reduce the retail price of rice to P20 per kilo during his term, according to House Speaker...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol led by Gov. Aris Aumentado distributed hybrid seeds and fertilizers to farmers from several towns in the province. “We are doing interventions to alleviate the increasing price of rice,” said Aumentado. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (center)...
More than 1,000 sacks of seized smuggled rice were distributed to beneficiaries in General Trias, Cavite—the second community to receive rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). President Marcos leads the distribution of seized smuggled rice in General Trias, Cavite on Sept. 22,2023. (Noel B....
