Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The proposed bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is moving swiftly in the House of Representatives and is expected to be approved on third and final reading before...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The effort to pass key amendments to Republic Act (RA) No.11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) will kick into high gear this week as the House of Representatives begins the plenary debates on the...
As palay production declined by 0.3 percent in the first three months of this year, an economist from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) shared how technological advances can procure a steady and high rice output for the future. In recent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos is batting for government-to-government importation of rice bypassing the National Food Authority (NFA) amid what she described as the current "rice emergency" that the country is...
President Marcos said he is not aware that rice is sold at P50 per kilo in Kadiwa Center instead of the usual P29 per kilo. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos reminded that Kadiwa stores should only be selling rice for P29 per kilo, adding the P50 per kilo rice must...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (PPAB) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has vented his apparent frustration over the Senate when it comes to the proposal to amend Republic Act (RA) No.11203 or the Rice Tarrification Law (RTL), with the end...
The Department of Finance (DOF) noted a slowdown in rice inflation for April, ending a streak of six months of acceleration, largely driven by the falling global price of this essential food item. Despite rice continuing to be the main contributor to headline inflation with 2.1 percentage points,...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives hailed on Tuesday, May 7 the swift passage at the committee level of a measure that aims to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) for the purpose of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives took a huge step toward its goal of significantly reducing prices of rice for the sake of poor Filipinos on Tuesday morning, May 7. This, after the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says all efforts to manage the country’s inflation rate must be focused on the staple food of rice. Salceda, chairman of the House...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed strong belief that, given the right circumstances, prices of rice could plunge to below P30 per kilo come July. Romualdez made this...
Sen. Cynthia Villar criticized the National Food Authority (NFA), which according to her, has not proven itself in terms of looking after rice farmers and consumers' welfare. Villar made the statement after President Marcos said he would certify as urgent the bill proposing to amend the...
