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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......»»
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......»»
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......»»
Tighter control over rice imports, direct buying from farmers eyed
The Department of Agriculture is seeking tighter control over the rice industry by restricting imports during harvest seasons and inspecting warehouses of traders and importers......»»
OceanaGold’s stabilization fund expires today
OceanaGold PH gave the exchange the required advanced notice (one day) that it would be concluding price stabilization activities on May 23, 20 days ahead of the scheduled expiration date of June 12......»»
‘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......»»
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......»»
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......»»
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......»»
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......»»
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. .....»»
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 […].....»»
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......»»
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......»»
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.....»»
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......»»
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......»»
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......»»
DA backs early rice tariff collection certification
The Department of Agriculture is supporting the proposed earlier certification of tariffs collected from rice imports to fast-track the rollout of programs aimed at aiding farmers such as cash assistance......»»
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......»»