House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) can help maximize the expected reduction on retail prices of rice by keeping the peso at "reasonable levels" against the United States (US) dollar. This was the...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The Palace-ordered reduction on the duties imposed on imported rice won’t lead to reduced government support for rice farmers. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga, chairman of the...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The proposed bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is moving swiftly in the House of Representatives and is expected to be approved on third and final reading before sine die...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will begin its motu proprio investigation on the alleged improper disposition of National Food Authority (NFA) rice stocks on Thursday, March...
Rice (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) has projected a price range of P41 to P48 per kilo from most rice retailers come December, or the height of the holiday season. In a briefing held by the House Committee on Agriculture and...
Onions (left), DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) Not on my watch. Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. gave his personal assurance to congressmen Monday morning, Nov. 20 that the absurd price surge on onions...
From left to right: Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren, and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook, PPAB) Ranking congressmen only have good things to say about House Speaker Martin...
Onions (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will continue to keep an eye on prices of rice, onions and other agricultural products in a bid to address food inflation. Thus, said committee chairman, Quezon 1st district...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Speaker’s office, MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen have claimed that the worst is over this 2023 as far as the country’s inflation rate is...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) Individuals found to have committed agricultural smuggling will be meted the penalty of life imprisonment under a measure approved Wednesday, Sept. 20 by the House Committee on Agriculture and...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Rep. Salceda's office, Facebook) The unrelenting efforts of President Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez to stabilize local rice prices haven't been lost on ranking...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN, Speaker’s office) A "clutch move" by House Speaker Martin Romualdez. That's how House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido...
