Malacañang says price cap on rice effective Tuesday, Sept. 5

Adrian Parungao 09/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) clarified late Friday night that the price ceiling for regular and well-milled rice in the country will be effective on Tuesday, September 5. Under Executive Order (EO)…

Rice retailers groaning under new price caps

the Inquirer staff 09/02/2023

Small rice merchants said they expected significant losses that could even force them out of business from the sudden imposition of the price ceilings on the staple ordered by President Marcos on Friday. Rice retailers in Bulacan, Oriental Mindoro,…

Bongbong Marcos orders price caps for rice at P41 to P45 per kilo

Jean Mangaluz 09/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has ordered price caps for rice amid soaring commodity prices. The price ceiling for regular milled rice is set at P41 per kilogram, while the cap for well-milled rice…

Presyo Merkado: Prices of goods at the Mandaue Public Market as of Sept. 1

Emmariel Ares 09/01/2023

A trip to your local market is made hassle-free with this daily Presyo Merkado -price check of products and goods sold at the market. So before you lay out your meal plans, you might want to check…

Bongbong Marcos: High farmgate costs, importation hiking rice price

Jean Mangaluz 08/18/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the concurrent chief of the Department of Agriculture (DA), is attributing the high price of rice in the market to expensive farmgate costs and importation. In a statement released by…

Typhoons seen to crimp 2023 rice production

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 08/14/2023

MANILA  -The Philippines is expected to reduce its milled rice output slightly due to recent typhoons that ravaged some parts of the archipelago. In a report, the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service projected rice production…

Bongbong Marcos on P20/kg rice: ‘We’re not there yet, but we’re doing everything we can’

Jean Mangaluz 07/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said that his administration has yet to deliver on his P20 per kilo of rice election promise, but they are doing everything that they can to do so.…

P40 wage hike not enough to buy a kilo of rice — solon

Julie Aurelio 07/01/2023

The P40 increase in daily minimum pay for workers in Metro Manila approved this week cannot even buy a kilo of rice, a lawmaker said Friday. On June 27, the National Wages and Productivity Commission approved an…

Rice prices surge as production costs rise

Jordeene B. Lagare 06/24/2023

Despite having enough rice supply, retail prices of the country’s staple food in Metro Manila have jacked up by about P2 per kilogram as farmers face increased production costs. In an interview, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista…

In Kidapawan, residents can buy rice at P20 a kilo from gov’t outlet

Williamor Magbanua 05/15/2023

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Cotabato, Philippines — In this capital of Cotabato province, residents have a chance to buy rice at P20 per kilogram every Saturday, in a scheme adopted by the local government to assist the farmers and…

As rice crisis looms, ‘kamote’, other alternatives pushed

Kurt dela Peña 04/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Back in the first month of 2023, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture already stressed that there will be an expected shortage in rice this year, especially because of higher production…

IN PHOTOS: Artists from Isabela make rice art portrait of content creator Rendon Labador

Vhenna Marie Mantilla 04/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Giovani Garinga from Isabela shared a series of photos showcasing their rice art portrait of content creator Rendon Labador.  Netizens were impressed with this rice work of art that is going viral on social media.…

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