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DA launches subsidized rice project in Capiz to combat inflation

The Department of Agriculture and the Capiz provincial government launched the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” project during the Capiztahan Festival to provide rice at...

Gov’t rolls out more mitigation measures, aid

The Marcos administration has launched more mitigation measures aimed at easing the burden of Filipinos amid rising fuel prices, including a subsidized rice distribution...

Twenty-pesos Rice Rollout

Residents queue for P20-per-kilo rice at a Department of Agriculture Kadiwa store in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 17, as the government rolls out...

NFA nets P936.5m from rice stock sale

The National Food Authority auctioned nearly 90 percent of its aging rice stocks on Feb. 20, generating P936.5 million and exceeding its P912.4 million...

P20/k rice for jeep, trike drivers

THE Department of Agriculture announced Friday that jeepney and tricycle drivers will be included in the P20 per kilogram rice program “Benteng Bigas Meron...

Gov’t budgets P18 billion for 2026 rice subsidy

Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel confirmed that the government allocated P18 billion for the rollout of the P20-per-kilogram rice program in 2026,...

Meralco’s RE bid to soften rates; much lower rice prices possible

"Meralco’s critics … are off-tangent in their arguments for lower power rates in the Philippines." The path towards a greener energy future is not that...

Bataan taps PayMaya to disburse rice subsidy

The provincial government of Bataan has teamed up with PayMaya to facilitate digital disbursements of rice subsidies to more than 8,000 beneficiaries. Managed by the...

Legislator pushes enactment of rice subsidy measure

A legislator on Tuesday pushed for the enactment of a measure authorizing the use of the rice subsidy provided to beneficiaries under the Department...

Rice subsidy must work

The government should administer the rice fund and subsidy mechanisms properly and efficiently to pave the way for a modern Philippine agriculture sector. Many subsidy...

Villafuerte urges House: Use P29-b rice subsidy

A leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday called on Congress to authorize the use of some P29 billion intended as rice subsidies...

Extra P7-b rice subsidy set

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...
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