Marcos: P20/kg rice program will last until 2028

05/29/2025

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — President Marcos on Tuesday pledged to sustain his administration’s affordable rice program until the end of his term as he directly addressed for the first time his naysayers who have been saying the…

Marcos: smuggling, spoiled officials delayed P20/kilo rice plan

Luisa Cabato 05/19/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has blamed smuggling and “spoiled” government officials for the almost three-year delay of his promised P20-per-kilo rice program. Speaking in Episode 1 of the BBM Podcast on Monday, the president…

Danao City to skip joining the ‘P20 per kilo rice’ program

Futch Anthony Inso 05/02/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The City Government of Danao will not participate in distributing rice at P20 per kilogram unless the program’s guidelines are clearly established before implementation. Danao Mayor Mix Durano said in an interview that local officials were…

P20 per kilo rice rolled out by DA in Cebu

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/02/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The long-awaited P20 per kilo rice has been launched in Cebu on Labor Day, May 1. As early as 8 a.m. on Thursday, beneficiaries started lining up at the Cebu Provincial Capitol to…

Kadiwa centers to start selling P20/kilo rice on May 2 – DA

Jordeene B. Lagare 04/28/2025

MANILA, Philippines – Select Kadiwa centers will start selling the P20 per kilo rice on May 2, about a week after the Marcos administartion’s ‘Bente Bigas Mo’ project was rolled out in the Visayas, according to the…

P20 rice program may go beyond Visayas – DA

Jordeene B. Lagare 04/27/2025

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipino consumers may gain access to cheaper rice after the Department of Agriculture (DA) said it may expand its P20 per kilo rice program beyond the Visayas, said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel…

Sara Duterte slammed: Under Digong, rice spiked to P70/kilo, even came with ‘bukbok’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - @inquirerdotnet 04/27/2025

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — It is “ironic” for Vice President Sara Duterte to mock the Marcos administration’s efforts to bring down rice prices to P20 per kilogram when her father’s regime had rice priced at P70 per…

Comelec exempts ‘P20/kilo’ rice scheme from spending ban

Kathleen de Villa 04/27/2025

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted from the poll spending ban the disbursement of public funds for the cheap rice program to be launched in vote-rich Visayas on the condition that it not be used to…

P20 per kilo rice: Olango residents will be first in Lapu-Lapu to buy cheap priced rice

Futch Anthony Inso 11/29/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Olango Island residents will be the first Lapu-Lapu City residents to get a chance to buy rice worth P20 a kilo starting December. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said that they planned…

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