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Cheaper rice

A Kadiwa store inside the Bureau of Plant Industry in Malate, Manila sells rice at P29 a kilo, along with fish and vegetables at...

NFA to intervene to arrest rising price of rice—DA

Agriculture Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel on Tuesday said the National Food Authority (NFA) should intervene in the market amid the rising cost of rice. “That’s...

Ombudsman lifts suspension of 72 NFA warehouse heads

THE Office of the Ombudsman has lifted the preventive suspension of 72 personnel of the National Food Authority implicated in the irregular sale of...

Let’s get real

"The SBAC also refused to look into what could be regarded as the ridiculously low bid of SMS Global Technologies-Sequent Technologies" Bigas na naman! The first...

No quick fixes

“We need bold directions, because as we all know, food, and not only rice, is life” UNFORTUNATELY for government, and woe unto us consumers, there...

DA, IRRI urged to fast track production of ‘diabetic friendly’ rice variety

AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to partner with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to hasten the release...

Marcos: Produce healthier rice to boost nutrition

President Marcos underscored the need to address broader nutritionalconcerns beyond rice consumption as he met with officials from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural...

#ANONGBALITA: Bigas bago pag-ibig: VP gives V-Day advice

Love may make the world go round, but rice is more important. This was Vice President Sara Duterte’s advice to all rice-loving Filipinos on Valentine’s...

Marcos urges DA, farmers to sustain record rice yield

As the Philippines harvested a record 20 million metric tons of rice last year, President Marcos and Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr....

Rice catastrophe of epic proportions

"The ill-effects of continued neglect are not confined to the realms of statistics; they manifest in empty stomachs, stunted growth, and shattered dreams" In the...

Cereal on the move

Workers unload sacks of rice from a truck for delivery to market vendors in Metro Manila under the watchful eyes of the Department of...

Rice retailers appeal to govt: Don’t impose too low SRP

Rice retailers asked the Department of Agriculture to allow them some level of profitability as the government is studying imposing a suggested retail price...

So the nation can eat

A farmer in Sitio Sinarol, Siniloan, Laguna diligently attends to his self-imposed mission of planting rice so he can support his family and at...

495k tons of rice from imports to boost local stocks

The country will have enough rice to meet the local consumption until the start of the next harvest season in March 2024, the Department...
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