
Kelangan bantayan nang husto! Marcos ensures enough Kadiwa rice supply
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants a steady supply of rice at Kadiwa ng Pasko sites, which could be sold for P25 per kilo.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants a steady supply of rice at Kadiwa ng Pasko sites, which could be sold for P25 per kilo.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday that his administration is getting closer to its goal of lowering rice prices to P20 per kilo.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with his economic team and the National Food Authority officials on Tuesday to discuss the administration’s plans for maintaining a “sufficient” rice buffer stock in the country.
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr on Friday urged officials of the 12 agencies under the Office of the Cabinet Secretary to step up and reach out to the people especially in rural areas.
The national government has set aside P7 billion of its P3.767-trillion budget for 2018 to enable the National Food Authority to procure more unhusked rice or palay directly from local farmers for stockpiling, a lawmaker said on Sunday.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday (April 26) urged members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet to refrain from bickering in public while the ASEAN Summit is ongoing.
Having the government call the shots when it comes to importing rice is “anti-poor” and “self-destructive,” said former socioeconomic planning secretary Cielito Habito.
PH rice sufficient sa 2020 – Piñol
Collection of irrigation service fees (ISF) to farmers should be stopped given that a P2 billion subsidy to cover for such fees had been provided for already in this year’s budget of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Sen. Win Gatchalian said Monday (Apr. 17).
A protege of Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco has denied allegations by National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino that she was in cahoots with notorious big-time rice trader Jomerito “Jojo” Soliman in creating a rice cartel in the country.