(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee says the Marcos administration can still reduce retail prices of rice to as low as P20 per kilo through sheer subsidization by the government. "Food security is a national security...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) (Speaker’s office) The national government will seriously implement the price ceiling on rice, if House Speaker Martin Romualdez's remarks are anything to go by. In a statement Sunday, Sept. 3, Romualdez...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has designated several parcels of land in Maasim, Sarangani province for inclusion in the existing Kamanga Agro-Industrial Economic Zone. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) It will be implemented through Proclamation...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo as Special Envoy of the President for Overseas Filipino Concerns, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed on Saturday, Sept. 2. File photo of President Marcos with Iglesia...
Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) The Palace-ordered price ceiling on rice should guarantee Filipinos' access to the staple grain. Thus, said Senator Grace Poe on Saturday, Sept. 2 even as she prodded President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to pursue...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Rice shortages at the local level could become an offshoot of the Malacañang-imposed rice price ceiling, economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said on Saturday, Sept. 2. "Price ceilings can have...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left,) Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a glimpse into the mindset of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that explained why the latter implemented a price...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order (EO) reorganizing the office established to enhance and promote swift government response to the public's concerns. File photos Malacañang issued EO No. 38 on Tuesday, Aug. 29, which reorganized the Strategic Action and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has highlighted that the country's tourism sector remains vital to its growth and urged stakeholders to take advantage of the so-called "revenge travel" to solidify its economic position. File photos Marcos said this in his speech for the 34th Philippine...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep.Lee's office, Speaker's office) The Palace-ordered price cap on rice--the Filipino staple food--could end up backfiring on consumers. Thus, said AGRI...
While the Philippines only has a small frontline force in the West Philippine Sea, it has shown that it will not give up its territory. President Marcos visits the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command in Palawan on Sept. 1, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PCO) President Ferdinand...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) inspects rice stocks inside a warehouse in Bulacan. (Speaker’s office) The price cap on rice is a "timely and necessary intervention" from President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Thus, said Speaker Martin...
