Senator Cynthia A. Villar today (May 11) said she is grateful for the appreciation and recognition given to her Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) given by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos ‘Sonny’ Dominguez. Dominguez said last month that Villar’s RTL is among the government's...
State-run National Food Authority (NFA) managed to slash its losses last year following its mandated reforms under the the rice tariffication law (RTL), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report to Finance Secretary G. Carlos Dominguez III, the grains agency said that RTL enabled NFA to cut...
A sample of the golden rice, which will be inbred with the local rice variety of PSB Rc 82. (Photo courtesy of DA-6) ILOILO CITY -- The cultivation of genetically-modified golden rice will be expanded in the provinces of Antique and Iloilo. The golden rice is said to be rich in Vitamin A and the...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, April 4, urged the government to revoke the biosafety permits granted to Golden Rice. (Image courtesy of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) “Today is the 62nd year anniversary of the (IRRI) in the Philippines. IRRI is among the main...
UniTeam senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Wednesday told reminded the government that the buffer stock supply for rice should be good for 90 days. Bautista pointed this out after learning that the National Food Authority (NFA) is currently maintaining a buffer stock of rice that...
Senatorial candidate and former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he would have voted against the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law had he been elected a senator in 2019. In an interview with ANC’s Headstart, Ejercito said he would not have supported the Rice Tariffication Law...
The team of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Sen. Kiko Pangilinan has sought the review of the Rice Tariffication Law to identify and amend its provisions that are detrimental to farmers. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan during a campaign rally in Tarlac on...
All Navotas City residents each received a five-kilo pack of rice from the city government in celebration of the World Happiness Day 2022. The city government started the distribution on Saturday, March 19, and will continue for six days. A total of 80,000 Navoteño families were targeted to...
Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan got into a heated argument with former Congressman and academic Walden Bello as he defended his move to abstain during the vote for the Rice Tariffication Act (RTA), saying he pushed for alternative measures because he knew exactly the impact of the RTA. Former Congressman...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao prefers giving away a sack of rice to poor Filipino families instead of a P200 monthly cash aid amid the continuous hikes in local fuel prices. Presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao said that the government must give away rice to affected Filipino...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro - The Department of Agriculture-Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) on Wednesday launched a two-day harvest festival in Mindoro and Palawan to showcase the quality hybrid rice as part of the Plant, Plant, Plant program of the...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga — A total of 5,286 rice farmers received P5,000 each in cash assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA). (Photo courtesy of Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Created under...
