The Department of Agriculture (DA) played down concerns about the potential for well-milled rice prices to reach P60 per kilo, despite the double-digit increase in the inflation rate for the staple food last December. In an interview over DZBB on Saturday, Jan. 6, Agriculture Assistant Secretary...
The cost of rice shot up by 19.6 percent in December last year, marking its highest increase in over 14 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. This reading, according to the statistics agency, was also the highest in 2023 since rice inflation peaked in September due to the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With its “economies of scale” now in place, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that the administration of President Marcos is treading the right path in providing affordable rice in the market. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking in a Palace briefing,...
Farmers' group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 7 responded to the recent statement of the newly assigned Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Laurel Jr. on the "inability" of the country to lower down prices of rice to P20 per kilogram in 2023. (Noel...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (leftmos)(Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta was able to sell good quality rice at just P35 per kilo to lucky consumers in Capas, Tarlac earlier this month. A Facebook post from Marcoleta last Oct. 16 boasted that...
