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DA: Price of rice may drop to P45 to P48 per kilo soon

The price of regular- and well-milled rice may drop at P45 to P48 per kilogram as the country approaches the peak harvest season, the...

The vanishing middle class

"The middle class have to fend for themselves against more and more difficult odds, their tribe vanishing ever more" The Monetary Board decided to keep...

DA won’t rein in rice prices; PBBM wants more land titles for farmers

The Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will not impose price controls on rice and other agricultural products despite the impact of the El...

Rice may hit P60/kilo, group says; DA pushes P1.3t for harvest tools

Prices of regular-milled rice could reach P60 per kilo, the watchdog group Bantay Bigas warned Wednesday as it urged the government to monitor the...

Speaker vows ‘relentless’ House efforts to bring down rice prices

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday vowed that the House of Representatives would relentlessly pursue efforts to make rice, the Filipinos’ staple food,...

Rice at P20/kilo an ‘aspiration’

"Hopefully, in the future, we don’t have to import fish again" I am beginning to like the newly-appointed Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel. He is honest...

P20/kg rice ‘not possible today’

"Laurel cites high prices in world market, need to change laws" Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday said President Marcos’ campaign promise of...

The telltale signs of lower rice prices and inflation in October

The sight of yellowing rice fields along the stretches of the North Luzon Expressway and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway  in the month of October is...

Farmgate, retail prices of rice surged in September 2023

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) confirmed that retail and farmgate prices of rice surged in September 2023. The PSA released statistical tables Friday showing that...

Farmers: Rice prices down in two weeks

A farmers group said rice prices will go down in the next two weeks as supply increases due to the harvest. “The harvest has begun...

Marcos OKs NFA palay price

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said the price at which the government buys rice from farmers will go up from P19 a kilo...

3 agencies to enforce new price caps on rice

The Departments of Trade and Industry, Local Government, and Agriculture will work together to strictly enforce the new price ceilings on rice in local...

August inflation seen faster on increased oil, rice prices

Inflation in August likely rose to 5 percent from 4.7 percent in July on elevated global oil prices and the impact of recent typhoons...

Ex-Agri chief sees rice prices hitting P60/kilo

Former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor on Monday forecast an increase in rice prices in the next few weeks to as high as P60 per...
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