Micro rice retailers have until Oct. 6 to claim financial assistance

Futch Anthony Inso 10/05/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 366 micro rice retailers in Central Visayas were given until Friday, October 6, 2023, to claim their financial assistance worth P15,000, under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and…

Rice price cap lifted 

Jean Mangaluz 10/04/2023

(UPDATED, 1:15 p.m., Wednesday) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. lifted the rice price ceiling on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In a rice distribution activity in Taguig City, Marcos announced that beginning this Wednesday, the…

Cash subsidy for over 1,000 sari-sari store owners in Cebu to be released on Sept. 29

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The cash subsidy for qualified sari-sari store owners affected by the new price cap under Executive Order 39 of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may claim them today, September 29. The officials from the…

‘Half-rice’ ordinance revived in Cebu City

Nestle Semilla 09/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Did you ever see a ‘half-rice’ option in menus here? Well, that soon may be required in food establishments and even school canteens in the city. This after Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos…

Qualified micro rice retailers receive gov’t cash aid

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 87 micro rice retailers received cash assistance from the government last Thursday, September 14, 2023. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Trade…

Amid rice price caps, Cebu City mulls reviving task force on price monitoring

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government wants to reconvene its task force in charge of monitoring price controls following Malacañang’s order to put price caps on rice. Mayor Michael Rama on Thursday, September 7, said…

DTI-7 to focus on monitoring price cap on rice

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official from the Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) has reiterated their focus on monitoring the price ceilings mandated by the president. The implementation of the Executive Order (EO)…

NFA-7 assures sufficiency of rice stocks in Central Visayas

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official from the National Food and Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) said that there is  sufficient supply of NFA rice ready in case of calamities or disaster. “We assure the public that…

Compliance with rice price ceiling still low

Dexter Cabalza, Inquirer Bureaus, Jordeene B. Lagare 09/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of rice in Metro Manila started to decline on Tuesday, the first day the price ceiling on the Filipino staple food took effect, according to a monitoring conducted by the Department of…

House sets P2-billion aid to ease impact of rice price cap

Jerome Aning, Julie Aurelio 09/05/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is earmarking P2 billion to ease the impact of the price ceiling on rice on retailers who bought their stocks above the cap of P41 a kilogram for regular-milled and…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB

CDN Digital 09/04/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, September 4. Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB The Foundation for…

Easing rice import tariffs better option than price caps – FEB

Ronnel Domingo 09/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has called on the Marcos administration to temporarily lift or at least cut import tariffs on rice to check surging prices of the staple grain and avert a possible “full-blown…

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