DA chief implements major reshuffle as year begins
MANILA, Philippines — Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reshuffled ranking officials of the DA as he issued various special orders on the first working day of 2024.
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Press Release - Marcos: Pagninilay sa ika-127 na anibersaryo ng pagkabayani ni Dr. Jose Rizal
Y ora por ti que veas tu redención final. (Ginhawa'y kamtan mo! Anong pagkarikit!)
Recipe: Butter cookies of your childhood
MANILA, Philippines — Remember the butter cookies of your childhood?
Unavoidable
President Marcos issued Executive Order 50 maintaining lowered tariff rates for rice, pork and corn until the end of 2024. It was an unavoidable decision.
500,000 MT rice arriving from India, Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 500,000 metric tons of rice from Taiwan and India will arrive beginning this month until February 2024, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday.
Marcos keeps low food tariff rates
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order maintaining the temporary modification of rates of import duty on rice, corn and meat products, Malacañang said on Tuesday.
Press Release - Senator Imee R. Marcos Statement Re: Low rice tariffs
When the tariffs on meat, rice and corn were first lowered in 2021, the promise was lower prices of these commodities. While runaway inflation has been arrested, prices have not fallen below the promised pre-2021 levels.
Tariff cuts on rice, pork extended by one year
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has extended the lower tariffs on rice, corn and pork until the end of 2024 to ensure affordability during El Niño and amid possible outbreaks of African swine fever.