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Philippine farm sector protected in US tariff negotiations, says Tiu-Laurel

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirms key Philippine agricultural goods like rice, corn, and pork will be protected in ongoing tariff negotiations...

Rice, corn harvests likely higher in Q2—PSA

Second-quarter palay (unmilled rice) and corn production is estimated to be higher than the actual output in the same period last year, the Philippine...

Over 70K Valenzuela senior citizens get early Christmas gifts in July

The Valenzuela City government officially launched "Pasko sa Hulyo Para Kay Lolo at Lola 2025" in fulfillment of the city’s annual gift-giving tradition. Through a...

Affordable rice to stay — PBBM

Assures no income loss for farmers President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. assured consumers that the P20 per kilo rice initiative is not merely a stop-gap measure,...

‘Benting bigas’

Workers from the Livelihood Help for Our Disadvantaged/Displaced (TUPAD) program repack 10 kilos of rice under the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” initiative at the...

Expanding Access

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the launch of P20 rice at the Zapote Public Market, marking the first time the low-cost rice is...

Congress opens 20th session with first bills filed

Reelected Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, who served as Speaker of the 19th Congress, opened the 20th Congress by filing House Bill No....

Marcos assures farmers gov’t to maintain buying price of palay

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. yesterday assured farmers that the government will protect the buying price of palay and lower agricultural input costs, amid concerns...

NFA’s rice ruse risks a nation’s hunger

“The nation deserves a rice system that feeds its people, not its dysfunction” NUEVA Ecija’s scorching fields, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, tears his...

RICE FOR WORKERS.

Around 800 rank-and-file workers from the Manila Harbor Center receive P20-per-kilogram rice during the launch of the ‘P20 Benteng Bigas Meron Na for Minimum...

Expanded 20/k rice program starts

The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor and Employment on Friday launched the nationwide rollout of the P20/kilo rice for minimum wage...

Rice allocation

The Department of Agriculture (DA) approves the request of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to supply 490,000 sacks of rice from...

Speaker pushes laws to sustain P20/rice program

SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday vowed to mobilize the full powers of Congress to make President Marcos’ ₱20-per kilo rice program permanent...

RICE FOR CEBU.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. leads the National Food Authority’s (NFA) send-off of 35,000 bags of rice from San Jose, Occidental...
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