Despite increased government spending on agriculture and social protection, the Philippines continues to grapple with persistent malnutrition, high food prices, and weak agricultural productivity, underscoring the need for a major overhaul of food security policies, according to state-run policy...
COTABATO CITY – There is rice in waste. This is what the Koronadal City government is proving as it launched the “Basura Barter Program” (BBP), a local initiative that aims to promote waste segregation and environmental sustainability. On Wednesday, Agustus Bretaña, the city environment and...
Malacañang said failing to show respect for the President 's State of the Nation Address (SONA) is considered disrespect to the Constitution. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Wednesday, July 29, that the State of the Nation Address (SONA) is the...
Thousands of Las Piñeros received rice assistance as the national government 's Bawat Bayan Makikinabang Program reached Las Piñas, with First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos leading the distribution alongside Metro Manila Council president and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora. The distribution...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering linking the volume of foreign rice that traders can bring into the country to their investments in the rice sector, as it pursues another restriction to limit the impact of rice imports. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the DA is...
CEBU CITY – Thousands of residents in various towns in Bohol benefited from the second tranche of the provincial government’s rice subsidy program held simultaneously on Friday, July 17. In Cortes, a total of 1,157 each received 10 kilos of rice in the continued implementation of the program,...
ILOILO CITY — The National Food Authority, an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture, recently opened a P347-million modern rice processing center in Iloilo. DA Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. and NFA Administrator Larry R. Lacson led the July 15 inauguration in...
Malacañang disclosed that the rice supplier involved in the distribution in Mandaluyong City has been blacklisted after rice relief distributed to residents was found to be two kilograms short. Under the "Bawat Barangay Makikinabang" program initiated by President Marcos, 10 kilograms of rice were...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval said the city government will continue working with the national government to ensure that no Malabueño household is left behind in its food assistance programs. Sandoval made the statement as she and First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta‑Marcos led the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is exploring the imposition of higher tariffs by at least 13 percentage points (ppt) on certain rice imports from four of its major suppliers, including Vietnam, as a safeguard measure to mitigate the impact of rising imports on the domestic rice industry. Upon...
Pakistan, one of the Philippines’ top rice suppliers, has questioned whether the Philippine government is complying with global trade rules in its plan to impose safeguard measures to restrict rice imports and shield local farmers. During the Tariff Commission’s (TC) preliminary conference on...
The wholesale prices of rice maintained their downward trajectory in June, although certain areas such as the Davao region are seeing higher rice prices than the national average, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA said the national average wholesale price of...
