Hot rice worth P83M seized in Cebu port

Nestle L. Semilla 12/11/2017

At least P80 million worth of goods made up mostly of smuggled rice inside 71 shipping containers were confiscated on Monday by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) port of Cebu. According to the Bureau of Customs, the…

NFA rice supply in CV good for 9 days

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2017

THE National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) is limiting its distribution of the supply of NFA rice to accredited retailers in the region because the NFA has only a 9-day buffer stock for Central Visayas. Procopio…

NFA: Rice prices up by P1 to P2 per kilo

Futch Anthony Inso 12/01/2017

A P1 TO P2 per kilo increase in the prices of rice in different major and small retailers in different public markets and supermarkets in Metro Cebu has been observed by the National Food Authority in Central…

Bureau completes soil fertility survey of rice areas in Cebu

USJ-R Journalism Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/05/2017

THE Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas has completed the soil fertility survey of the 26 municipalities of Cebu that are declared as rice areas. The survey…

Rice aid

Editorial 06/27/2017

Whether it was substandard quality rice or polluted water in their wells, the beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, deserve better from the government and the rice traders who…

RICE SUBSIDY OF 4PS BENEFICIARIES

Nestle L. Semilla 06/24/2017

‘They can spend it on any rice retailer’ Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can spend their financial assistance for their rice subsidy at any rice retailer store. The Department of Social Welfare and Development…

NFA announces no fake rice in Cebu

Morexette Marie Erram 06/23/2017

  THE samples of the alleged fake rice obtained from Santa Fe, Bantayan Island in northern Cebu arrived in Cebu City yesterday morning were tested by the National Food Authority and were found not made from plastic…

Rice from Sta. Fe town safe, Magpale says

Morexette Erram 06/23/2017

Samples of rice from Sta. Fe town were not fake, Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said. She presented 13 packs of rice each weighing 500 grams to the media and told them that the rice grains didn’t…

‘Low-quality rice’ sold to recipients

Morexette Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2017

4Ps beneficiaries claim they were not allowed to leave until their cash was changed to rice coupons Beneficiaries of the government’s Pamilyang Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditional cash transfer program in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island, claimed…

Sta. Fe Mayor Official Statement

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2017

Official Statement From Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgana on the alleged “Fake Rice” distributed in the area. Mayor Jose Esgana understands that previous posting on social media re proliferation of fake rice sent our people to panic.…

Submit rice samples, Sta. Fe officials told

Morexette Erram 06/21/2017

Acting Cebu Gov. Agnes Magpale ordered Sta. Fe officials to give samples of the rice sold in their area so the province can verify if they are fake or not. “I will ask Santa Fe to give…

NFA, DSWD to investigate “fake rice” distributed in Sta. Fe

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2017

  CEBU CITY–Government agencies are looking into the reported fake rice that were distributed in Sta Fe town on Bantayan Island, north of Cebu. The National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development…

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