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Special rice retail prices shoot up to P70/kilo

Retail prices of special rice have reached as high as P70 per kilo amid the continued spike in the cost of the staple......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 18th, 2024

Group warns of worse hunger as rice prices spike

The watchdog group Bantay Bigas over the weekend warned of an increase in hunger incidence in the country amid the continued spike in retail prices of rice......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 15th, 2024

Potemkin

The Department of Agriculture announced that suggested retail prices on rice will be issued next week. At first blush, this seems to be another dubious “solution” to spiking rice prices from the same minds that brought us price caps last year......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 11th, 2024

Flower prices seen to increase ahead of Valentine’s Day

According to some vendors, flower prices might double or triple next week, citing the anticipated high demand and steep prices of suppliers......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Slap on the wrist

On Aug. 2 last year, 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar was chased by a police team in Navotas and then shot dead......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 28th, 2024

‘All-out war’

EJ Obiena is faced with the greatest challenge of his life at the Paris Olympic pole vault event on Aug. 3 and 5. Since finishing below expectations in Tokyo, he has been relentlessly pursuing improvement, participating in two competitions in Croatia and Germany just this week, and the World Indoor Athletics Championshop second week of March. He is very clear about his motivation......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2024

Gawilan, Otom earn tickets to Paris

Tankers Ernie Gawilan and Angel Otom became the first two Filipinos to qualify to the Paris Paralympics slated Aug. 28 to Sept. 8......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 20th, 2024

DA working double time to increase rice production at lower cost amid inflation

The Department of Agriculture promised to intensify its efforts to increase the level of rice production in the Philippines with lower expenditures to alleviate food and non-food inflation, particularly rice......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 6th, 2024

PhilRice: 95% rice sufficiency by 2028 possible

The Philippines can achieve 95 percent rice sufficiency by 2028 through the use of both hybrid and inbred varieties of palay, the Philippine Rice Research Institute said yesterday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 5th, 2024

New facility to cut IRRI rice breeding process to 2 years

Rice breeding at the International Rice Research Institute could be as fast as two years compared to conventional breeding that takes a decade once its new facility operates, an official said......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 30th, 2024

Research for next-gen rice varieties to push through

AN OFFICIAL from the Department of Agriculture-Davao Region (DA-Davao) said that research for next-generation rice varieties or new rice varieties that are being bred by the Institution of Breeders will push through......»»

Category: newsSource:  sunstarRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

NFA defends sale of cheap rice; farmers slam ‘mafia’

The National Food Authority yesterday defended the sale of rice to some traders, saying the NFA is allowed to dispose of aging stocks amid the alleged anomalous sale of rice to traders......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 28th, 2024

DSWD: Giving cash more practical than bags of rice

The Department of Social Welfare and Development stands by its position that it is “more practical and efficient” to give the P600/month rice subsidy to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in cash rather than actual bags of rice......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 16th, 2024

Rep. Wilbert Lee: P20 per kilo of rice still possible

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The promise of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo remains doable if House Bill No. 9020 or the “Cheaper Rice Act” is passed into law, Agri Partylist Representative Wilbert Lee said. Under his proposed bill, Lee said that the government will have to.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 11th, 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

EDITORIAL — Rice sufficiency

Once again, rice prices accounted for a substantial percentage of the food-fueled increase in the inflation rate last month......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 7th, 2024

Duterte: P20/K rice impossible

There is no way for rice prices to dip to P20 per kilo as promised by President Marcos, according to former president Rodrigo Duterte......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 11th, 2024

DA: Rice prices up 36% in a year

A 36 percent spike in the retail price of rice was recorded on March 1, 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Department of Agriculture......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 6th, 2024

Rice tariff collections hit P30 billion in 2023

Tariff collections from 3.6 million metric tons of rice imports likely reached a record P30 billion in 2023 on the back of a weaker peso and higher global grain prices......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 4th, 2024

Philippines, Vietnam ink 5-year rice supply deal

The Philippines signed on Tuesday a five-year deal with Vietnam to ensure steady supply of affordable rice to the country as global prices of the staple continue to surge......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 31st, 2024