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Villar pushes extension, higher budget for RCEF

Sen. Cynthia Villar wants to double the annual guaranteed allocation for the rice competitiveness enhancement fund to P20 billion as she seeks to extend the fund by another six years or until 2030......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 6th, 2024

Manny Villar pinakamayaman pa rin sa ‘Pinas

Tumataginting na P621 bilyon ang net worth ni dating Senate President Manny Villar kaya siya pa rin ang pinakamayaman sa Pilipinas base sa listahan ng Forbes magazine. The post Manny Villar pinakamayaman pa rin sa ‘Pinas first appeared on Abante......»»

Category: newsSource:  abanteRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

No rice subsidies, cash assistance for El Niño-stricken local food producers – KMP

By ZYSA MEI ELLORAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – The farmers are hungry. This is the sentiment of Filipino farmers as they continue to call for government support having suffered the worst impacts of the El Niño phenomenon, resulting in heavy losses in their livelihood. “Farmers need an urgent and concrete response from the government. Farmers need… The post No rice subsidies, cash assistance for El Niño-stricken local food producers – KMP appeared first on Bulatlat......»»

Category: newsSource:  bulatlatRelated NewsMar 30th, 2024

‘Pork prices to go up as DA limits imports’

Limiting imports under lower tariff rate could drive pork prices higher as micro, small and medium enterprises would lose access to “cheaper” imported stocks, meat importers warned yesterday......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 26th, 2024

Special report: Rice fund raises stakes for farmers

Five years ago, lawmakers and government officials made a promise of a lifetime: the country’s rice farmers would be competitive at long last......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 4th, 2024

DAR turns Samar rice farmers’ dream into reality

Barobaybay Farmers Association (BFA) is an organization of 62 rice farmers, 55 of them are agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), in remote Barangay Barobaybay of Calbiga, Samar who had long been wanting to own farm machineries to make farming easy for them......»»

Category: newsSource:  samarnewsRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2024

FACT CHECK | VP Sara Duterte did not return her 2022 confidential fund

Vice President Sara Duterte has not returned her confidential fund to government treasury, contrary to a video posted on YouTube. Reports that Duterte spent in just 11 days in December 2022 a confidential fund amounting to P125 million from the contingency fund of the Office of the President drew widespread criticisms and demands for an […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  mindanewsRelated NewsJan 23rd, 2024

Rice imports as of mid-March 886,963 MT

The country’s rice imports as of mid-March have surpassed the total volume recorded in the entire first quarter of last year by a double-digit rate, to over 880,000 metric tons, government data showed......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 26th, 2024

2024 rice imports hit 570,000 MT

The country’s rice imports have reached almost 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, surpassing the total imported volume in the first two months of last year by over 40 percent......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 22nd, 2024

Philippines’ estimated rice imports rise by 100,000 MT — USDA

In a data report released on Friday, the USDA has increased its estimates for Philippine rice imports in 2024 to 3.9 million MT, higher than the 3.8 MT million forecast last January. .....»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024

Farmers want tariffication review, cool to rice SRP

Farmers in Central Luzon, considered as the rice granary of the Philippines, are calling for the abolition or review of the Rice Tariffication Law......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 10th, 2024

DBM approves P455-million funding to aid rice farmers

The DBM said that the fund was released to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and three other Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations to cover the fund’s operating requirements for the first quarter of 2024......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 13th, 2024

Villar patriarch places 190 in Forbes Top 200 billionaires

Villar ranked 190 out of the 200 billionaires in the world in 2024 with a total net worth of $11.7 billion (P660,125,700,000) coming from $8 billion (P451,376,000,000) in 2023, according to Forbes magazine......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 3rd, 2024

Traffic enforcer in viral ‘kotong’ video may lose job

Traffic enforcer in viral ‘kotong’ video may lose job.....»»

Category: newsSource:  sunstarRelated NewsMar 24th, 2024

Villar: Biz groups just want ease of doing business

Instead of amending the 1987 Constitution, business groups want the government to focus on the effective implementation of the ease of doing business law and addressing the problem of corruption, Sen. Cynthia Villar said yesterday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Hundreds of OFWs in Iraq to lose jobs

With the impending pullout of the United States from its bases in Iraq, hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to lose their jobs, migration expert Manny Geslani said yesterday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 19th, 2024

Sales agent nabbed for 2 counts of rape in Liloan

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A sales agent, who was accused of two counts of rape, was arrested in Yati Liloan on Monday evening, January 29, 2024. The suspect was identified as Leonard Raya Villar, 36 years old, a resident of Barangay Labangon, Cebu City. Villar was considered the Top 8 Most Wanted Person (MWP) at.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024

Villar’s PREIT utilizes IPO proceeds for energy projects

Billionaire Manuel Villar Jr.’s Premiere Island Power REIT Corp. has used up all of the proceeds it obtained from its initial public offering to bankroll energy projects in Luzon......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2024

Ayala Corp. is interested in selling LRT-1 stake to Villar Group

Bilyonaryo is reporting from a source that Ayala Corp. is interested in selling its 35% stake in Light Rail Manila Corp.  to Manny Villar, but that Metro Pacific Investments, AC’s co-investor in LRMC, has a right of first refusal......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 16th, 2024

Farmers, fishers demand immediate relief for El Niño impacts

“NFA should release the rice from warehouses and distribute it to farmers and fishermen who lost their income due to El Niño instead of making a profit and selling to private traders. Many are already complaining of hunger and loss, so the distribution of aid and compensation should be stepped up." The post Farmers, fishers demand immediate relief for El Niño impacts appeared first on Bulatlat......»»

Category: newsSource:  bulatlatRelated NewsApr 5th, 2024