House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Rice retailing at around P30 per kilo by June. House Speaker Martin Romualdez announced this target on Tuesday afternoon, April 30 as he highlighted solons' effort to amend Republic Act (RA)...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to review the Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) in order to reinstate the National Food...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) recently announced price adjustment for palay to boost farmer competitiveness. Agriculture Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Arnel de Mesa said on Thursday, April 11, that the new buying price will range from P23 to...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has underscored the need for tougher congressional oversight of the multi-billion peso Rice Buffer Stocking Program of the government. This, after the alleged...
President Marcos said the involvement of National Food Authority (NFA) officials in the alleged anomalous sale of NFA rice calls for an examination of NFA measures that may have been ignored and ultimately led to the controversy. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/MANILA...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications Rep. Erwin Tulfo has proposed a "restructure" of the National Food Authority (NFA), instead of an abolition. “Hindi naman buwagin, but rather restructure. As a...
Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the National Food Authority's (NFA) "highly suspicious" P93.75-million sale of 75,000 bags of rice stock to two traders. In filing Senate Resolution No. 940, Marco expressed alarm that the NFA has "completely lost its way" amid a...
Sen. Cynthia Villar said on Friday, March 1 that the Senate will investigate allegations that the National Food Authority (NFA) sold thousands of tons of rice to certain traders at a price disadvantageous to the government. "Mag-iinvestigate kami dyan, kasi I have personal experience with regards...
A group of teachers expressed their concerns regarding the one-time rice assistance to be provided to government employees for fiscal year 2022. Public school teachers (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) in a statement issued on Monday, Oct. 9,...
President Marcos is hopeful that the government's agriculture modernization program will bear "positive impacts" amid its efforts to maintain sufficient rice buffer stock in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) In his message during the 51st anniversary of the...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said the municipal government will help retailers in finding a supplier of cheaper rice to sell to the public in light of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s imposition of a price ceiling. Marcos issued Executive Order No. 39 on Aug. 31 imposing a mandated price...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, April 26 has found it unnecessary for the government to raise rice buffer stocks in National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in preparation for the El Niño or the prolonged dry weather season that is expected to develop early in May. Hontiveros said it...
