Free IP protection screening for RICE inventors

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/19/2015

ALL  creative research entries of the 3rd Regional Invention Contest and Exhibit (RICE) will be screened for intellectual property (IP) protection, free of charge. This is an incentive to encourage inventors joining the contest to coordinate with…

8 customs brokers from Cebu face smuggling raps

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2014

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed smuggling cases against eight Cebuano customs brokers and two others before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday. The respondents who are all working under Medaglia De Oro Trading are allegedly engaged…

Vietnam rice boosts NFA stocks

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/24/2014

There’s enough supply of rice in Central and Eastern Visayas, an official of the National Food Authority (NFA) said last Friday. Lucy Rosales, NFA-7 spokesperson, gave this assurance after two vessels carrying rice from Vietnam arrived at…

Traders pass NFA rice burden to consumers

Carine M. Asutilla 07/01/2014

Consumers are complaining that they are being forced to buy the expensive variety of NFA rice, before they can buy the cheaper NFA variety. This was done by some retailers of Bigasan ng Bayan outlets in Metro…

DSWD to pay P6.6M to expedite rice release

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

The Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) will pay the  P6.6 million demurrage fee to expedite the release of over 90,000 sacks of rice  donated by Algeria for the typhoon victims. The shipment was part of…

Measure to allow half-rice option pushed in Council

Edison Delos Angeles 03/16/2014

Two Cebu City Councilors want to institutionalize the serving of half-rice in restaurants and other establishments serving food as a means to conserve rice. Councilors Mary Ann delos Santos and Nendell Hanz Abella want the half-rice option…

NFA sees no rice shortage ahead in Central Visayas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/19/2014

The National Food Authority (NFA) regional office said there won’t be a rice shortage even if the region’s rice production areas were affected by supertyphoon Yolanda. NFA lawyer Danilo Bonabon said Central Visayas consumes 35,000 sacks of…

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