House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed dismay over the reported involvement of Department of Agriculture (DA) officials in the hoarding of onions and price manipulation of the commodity during the latter...
President Marcos claimed that the recently lifted mandatory price cap nationwide was able to stabilize rice prices, while allowing the government to make successful interventions. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang...
“Walang gutom (No hunger).” President Marcos made this promise to the Filipino people as he assured them of enough rice supply after he ordered the lifting of the rice price cap that was supposed to temper the ballooning prices of the staple grain in the market. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
A rice vendor at Paco Market in Manila (Photo by Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided cash assistance to at least 19,000 sari-sari store owners and micro rice retailers nationwide. As of Oct. 2, the DSWD distributed P286.26...
President Marcos has lifted the temporary price ceiling on rice starting Wednesday, Oct. 4. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "Well, I think it’s the appropriate time since namimigay tayo ng bigas (since we are giving out rice). Yes, as of today, we are lifting the price...
Farmers and rice retailers may soon breathe a sigh of relief after Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said on Tuesday, Oct. 3, that there are now “positive indicators” for the possible lifting of the rice price ceiling. Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Gerald...
Although the Department of Agriculture (DA) has recommended the lifting of the rice price cap, it is up to President Marcos to decide on it, an official said on Tuesday, Oct. 3. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) DA-Bureau of Plant Industry Director...
There was no mention of choosing a new Agriculture Secretary during the sectoral meeting presided over by President Marcos on Tuesday, Oct. 3. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting in Malacañan on Oct. 3 to discuss the recommendation to lift the temporary...
EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, OCT. 2 12:00AM The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Marcos administration will review the enforcement of rice price ceilings this week, taking into account the start of the harvest season to determine if the price controls should be lifted. Finance Secretary Benjamin E....
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas (DSWD-7) on Friday, September 29, started distributing cash assistance to sari-sari store owners in the region affected by the price cap on rice. According to DSWD-7, there are more than 2,000 sari-sari owners who...
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that rice tariff reduction remains an option for the Marcos administration, but immediate execution is not viable. President Marcos earlier thumbed down the reduction of the rice tariff. “He saw that these prices are...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-6 (Western Visayas) noted that rice retailers in this city and the province of Iloilo are highly compliant with the price ceiling set by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Maria Teresa Solis, chief of the DA-6 Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance...
