The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said it will discuss with President Marcos other ways to reduce the rising prices of rice instead of using a price cap. In a briefing on Thursday, Sept. 21, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the rice price ceilings imposed by the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has started distributing aid totaling P14.5 million to 967 more micro rice retailers in Western Visayas affected by the price cap. “We are glad that we are able to help more small rice retailers this time. We believe that,...
The Parañaque City government conducted the distribution of cash aid to the second batch of small rice retailer affected by the implementation of the rice price ceiling. Photo from Parañaque PIO Mayor Eric Olivarez said the city government conducted the distribution of P15,000...
President Marcos is not giving up on attaining the P20 per kilo of rice, saying there is always a chance for it. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PCO) "May chance lagi ‘yan (It always has a chance),” Marcos said when asked if the P20 per kilogram of rice is still...
ILOILO CITY – The first batch of micro rice retailers in Western Visayas have received their P15,000 cash aid. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 aided the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 in releasing the money for those affected by the government rice price...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace-ordered price cap on rice shouldn't be a temporary thing, House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan said on Monday, Sept. 18. “The government should keep the caps on rice costs as...
A total of 44 rice retailers received cash assistance or “ayuda” from the national government in Muntinlupa following the imposition by President Marcos of a rice price cap on regular milled and well-milled rice. The Muntinlupa City government headed by Mayor Ruffy Biazon assisted in the...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno brushed off the farmers' group's demand for President Marcos' two economic managers to resign, wishing them a delightful weekend instead. Diokno, who was accompanying the president in Singapore, chose not to directly respond to the call for his and...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A group of rice retailers from one of the biggest markets in this city that has been affected by the price ceiling has urged the government not to delay the release of cash assistance. THE Department of Agriculture-Region 10, together with the Cagayan de Oro City Price...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided financial assistance totaling P945,000 to 63 micro rice retailers in 12 areas in Negros Oriental on Thursday, September 14. SIXTY-THREE micro rice retailers from Negros Oriental receive subsidy totaling P945,000 from...
CEBU CITY – Retailers here are feeling the pinch of the rice price cap. UNDERSECRETARY Terence Calatrava (second from left) of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas inspects prices of rice at Carbon Market in Cebu City on Thursday, Sept. 14. (Photo from Radyo Pilipinas Cebu)...
The Marikina City local government signed on Thursday, Sept. 14, three ordinances that will give cash assistance and waive rental fees and business tax payments for rice retailers in the city amid the implementation of the national rice price ceiling policy. Mayor Marcy Teodoro on Thursday,...
