Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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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...

DSWD welds P20-rice to ‘Walang Gutom’ program

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has stared integrating the P20-per-kilo rice program into the government’s flagship anti-hunger initiative dubbed “Walang Gutom,”...

P20/k rice sustainable, says PBBM

Says cheap rice not cosmetic or for ‘pogi’ points President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday dismissed critics claiming his administration’s project of selling rice at...

P20 rice for low-wage earners

DA, DOLE expand cheap rice program thru participating private firms The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor and Employment have agreed in principle...

NFA eyes P27 billion budget for rice procurement in 2026

NATIONAL Food Authority administrator Larry Lacson said they are proposing a P27-billion budget for 2026 to fully fund their rice buffer stock for 15...

DA expanding P20/kg rice program to benefit up to 60m Pinoys

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is studying how it could expand the government’s affordable rice program to beyond vulnerable sectors, with the goal of...

QUALITY RICE.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (fourth from left) meets with regional managers and key officials of the National Food Authority(NFA) to ensure the...

Boodle fight

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, together with DA officials, participate in a traditional boodle fight to sample the National Food Authority’s...

RICE VARIETIES.

In celebration of the Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is featuring different varieties of rice and other by-products at the...

Drying rice

Farmers spread a new harvest of rice for drying by the side of the road at the foot of Mt. Arayat in Pampanga.

DA halts P20/k rice program until May 12

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has deferred the P20 per kilo rice program until after the May 2025 elections to comply with the Commission...

P20-per-kilo

The Department of Agriculture (DA) launches ‘Benteng Bigas Meron (BBM) Na’ or the P20-per-kilogram rice sale in Cebu on May 1, 2025. DA spokesperson...

Twenty-peso rice, bow!

“Duterte was feared, and till now, he is loved” I HAD written an article for this space last Monday, and it was about my senatorial...

Cereal of life

Sacks of rice are being unloaded from flatbed trucks parked in front of the National Irrigation Administration headquarters in Quezon City where a government-run...
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