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Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed that the House of Representatives would relentlessly pursue efforts to make rice, the Filipinos’ staple food, available at affordable prices.“Hindi po kami titigil hangga’t hindi naibaba ang presyo ng bigas sa halagang abot-kaya ng ordinaryong mamamayan,” Romualdez said in his keynote message during the Philippine Economic Briefing in Iloilo City organized […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assures the public that there is enough affordable supply of rice in the market. According to DA Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Arnel de Mesa, the country has almost completed the wet season harvest. “We have harvested about 90% of palay across the nation, bought at P22.00 per kilogram,” de Mesa […]
“The government should keep the caps on rice costs as long as these are needed to safeguard consumers against price shocks and counteract potential illegal acts of price manipulation, profiteering and hoarding.” House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said as he urged the government “to do everything it can to insulate consumers, […]
Affordable, stable rice prices are possible if the government is willing to invest to ensure the food security of our country. This according to AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee who filed a bill to establish a program that will provide subsidies intended to lower rice prices while encouraging farmers to produce more rice. “Sa […]
Lawmakers led by Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte have proposed the construction of postharvest facilities in every palay-producing city and municipality in the country to help raise farmers’ incomes and lower rice prices. Duterte said the construction of these postharvest facilities could begin with building a rice mill and a warehouse in […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) sealed a partnership for a strengthened coordination and mutual advisory assistance on competition concerns given the agriculture sector’s primary importance on consumer welfare and inclusive development. “This has been a much-anticipated partnership that puts the PCC and the DA at the forefront of inclusive […]
A “sigh of relief” for consumers. This was according to Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Winnie Castelo who is also the chair of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development regarding the recent passage of the Rice Tariffication Bill, which aims to lift the quantitative restriction on rice imports and removes the monopoly of the […]
As government imposed suggested retail prices (SRP) for rice on Saturday, House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. urged rice retailers to toe the line and help the public cope with the high cost of living. “I hope our rice retailers comply with the SRP. The problem of inflation is an […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday welcomed moves by the National Food Authority (NFA) Council to improve its local palay procurement efforts, saying that its plans to provide incentives to rice farmers effectively raising the buying price of palay to P20 a kilo would allow it to purchase palay from […]
The AGRI Party-list has welcomed Agriculture Secretary and new National Food Authority Council (NFA) Chairperson Emmanuel Piñol’s approval of the importation of a total of 1.75 million metric tons (MT) of rice for 2018 and 2019. The move, Piñol announced, was aimed at discouraging rice hoarders and taming rice prices, which remain high despite one […]