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Sen. Imee Marcos is wary about proposals to allow the National Food Au- thority (NFA) to directly import rice and sell the food staple directly to public markets due to persistent allegations of overimportation, overpric- ing, smuggling, missing barge-loads of rice, kickbacks, favoritism and other types of questionable and corrupt practices against the agency through the years.
QUEZON CITY – Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III has convened the 151st Meeting of the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Executive Committee (PARC ExCom), to discuss the financial requirement of the agrarian reform program for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2024 and 2025, among others.
MANILA, Philippines — The Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. has filed a criminal complaint against Dioscoro Esteban Jr., officer-in-charge of the state-owned firm PEA Tollway Corp. (PEATC) over the alleged unauthorized filing of a petition seeking to remove CIC’s right to manage and operate the Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX).
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s administration’s initiatives to modernize agriculture and support farmers and fishermen contributed to the growth of the farm and fishery sector in the first quarter, despite challenges posed by El Niño and increased input costs.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) hopes to improve the productivity of the livestock sector by lowering production costs and applying technology, with a reduction in the price of feeds being one of the major focuses.
MANILA, Philippines — Food and transport prices once again accelerated the country’s inflation rate, rising by 3.8%, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) report on Tuesday.
OIL companies rolled back fuel prices on Tuesday. The cost of gasoline was lowered by 75 centavos per liter and diesel prices by 90 centavos per liter. Kerosene had the biggest cut of P1.05 per liter. Last week, oil companies also cut the price of gasoline by 25 centavos, diesel by 45 centavos and kerosene by 90 centavos.
MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of rice will not return to its previous level of P40 per kilo as the prevailing cost in the market remains high, farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) national manager Raul Montemayor said yesterday.