ILOILO CITY – The provincial government is targeting to initially implement the P20 per kilo rice program of the Marcos administration to families with undernourished children in Iloilo. ILOILO Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. holds a copy of his executive order on food security, including...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that its initiative of selling rice at ₱20 per kilo will be expanded into the Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) program and participating local government units (LGUs) nationwide, starting on Friday, May 2....
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB, Facebook) How could Vice President Sara Duterte criticize President Marcos' P20-per-kilo rice program if the prices of the staple grain cost...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has asked local government units (LGU) all over the country to study the model implemented by Camiguin, which has successfully implemented...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson backs the national government’s P20 per kilo rice program. LACSON (Glazyl Masculino) “Negros Occidental will do its best to be part of this program,” the governor said in a media interview Friday. Although Lacson missed...
Malacañang has warned the public over looming fake news on the P20 per kilo of rice, saying that the selling of the cheaper rice has not yet started. P45 well-milled rice is being sold at the Kadiwa store in the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) in Manila on Aug. 1, 2024. ( Arnold Quizol | MB File...
Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) DAGUPAN CITY Pangasinan--Members of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial ticket gave commonsensical--and at the same time savage--responses to Vice President Sara Duterte's criticism on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) For economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, President Marcos' roll-out of P20-per-kilo rice was a bullseye...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (center) and members of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate (Facebook) With the May 12 elections just around the corner, House Speaker Martin Romualdez noted that a "working...
President Marcos' move to fulfill his promise to lower the price of rice to as low as P20 per kilo, at least in the Visayas region, was not a political move, Malacañang said. The move was neither related to the recent drop in Marcos' approval, nor a campaign strategy for the administration...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed President Marcos for delivering on his campaign promise of P20 per kilo rice just over...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) delivered more than 30,000 machines to farmers, cooperatives, and local government units (LGUs) in 2024, as the agency moves to lower the cost of rice production. In its accomplishment report submitted to Agriculture...
