by Carla P. Gomez. The price of premium or imported rice has dropped by P2 to P5 per kilo in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said Monday, May 5. Only the price of premium rice or imported rice has dropped, there has been no change to the price of […]
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA Integrated News President Ferdinand ”Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday explained why it took time for him to fulfill his campaign promise of P20 per kilo of rice. In his speech during One Cebu rally, Marcos said the government needs to provide assistance first to the local farmers, including the provision […]
PRICES rose for most major agricultural commodities in mid-April except for rice, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). A kilo of regular-milled rice posted a national average retail price of P44.44 during the April 15-17 monitoring period, which the PSA refers to as the second phase of April. In the first phase of April […]
Story by Kaiser Jan Fuentes. CEBU CITY — Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has temporarily suspended the sale of P20-per-kilo rice under the provincial government’s Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program. She said this just two days after publicly asserting that Cebu’s implementation of the program will continue despite the order from the Department of Agriculture to defer […]
By: Zacarian Sarao – Reporter MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday that it is temporarily halting its P20 per kilo rice program until May 13 or after the national and local elections on May 12. DA spokesperson Arnel de Mesa announced it after Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Garcia […]
Story by Neil Jerome Morales. (Bloomberg) — The Philippine government plans to sell some of its rice inventories at heavily subsidized prices in May as residents in the Asian archipelago turn out for midterm elections. The state-owned National Food Authority will sell at least 370,000 tons of aging kernels from its warehouses at about 20 […]
By Bernard Ceasar Susbilla. BACOLOD CITY (PIA) — Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson has confirmed the rollout of the P20 per kilogram rice program in the province. Lacson said that Department of Agriculture (DA) officials iron out the program’s guidelines in selling rice at P20 per kilogram to indigent Filipinos, who are allowed […]
Harlene Delgado, ABS-CBN News MANILA — The Department of Agriculture said it is willing to abide by the decision of the Commission on Elections should the P20-per-kilogram rice program be included in the 10-day spending ban. Agriculture spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa said they will seek clarifications before the poll body. “Tatalima tayo, ang […]
Story by Kristina Maralit,Kaiser Jan Fuentes. THE government will start selling rice for P20 per kilo on May 1 in Cebu, Malacañang said Monday. On May 2, the program will be rolled out at the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) Kadiwa Center along Visayas Avenue in Quezon City. The P20/kg rice was one […]
By DA Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. announced Monday that the KADIWA ng Pangulo program will introduce the P20 Rice Project in KADIWA centers on May 2, 2025. Through the P20 Rice Project, high-quality rice will be sold at a price of Php 20.00 per kilogram by DA at KADIWA centers or by […]
