P20 Rice Program to Last Until 2028, Marcos Says

P20 rice program to last until 2028, Marcos says

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government is working to ensure that the selling of rice at P20 per kilo would be sustained until the end of his term in 2028. In a roundtable discussion with reporters at the conclusion of the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings held in Kuala Lumpur, Marcos accepted the challenge of prolonging the initiative until his last day in office. "Watch me sustain i…

Marcos on P20-per kilo of rice: Watch me sustain it

President Marcos confidently pronounced that he will be able to sustain the implementation of the P20 per kilo of rice until the end of his term.He said he will find a way to achieve it.**media[15136]**"Watch me sustain it. And then, we'll talk in May of 2028, natuloy ba o hindi (did it happen or not). We found a way. We found a way to do it. We found a way to do it," Marcos said in an interview with the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The Presi…

Limited BBM Na! Program

The Benteng Bigas Meron Na! program aims to provide Php20/kl rice to 2 million households until Dec 2025. But its scrimped budget of Php4.5 billion can only provide for not even a million households, still leaving so many behind. Related: IBON hits limited BBM Na! program

People from various parts of Metro Manila flocked to line up and buy cheap rice at P20 per kilo at the Kadiwa Store of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Quezon City. Most of the buyers were senior citizens and only rarely did persons with disabilities (PWD), 4Ps members, and pregnant women, who are only allowed to buy cheap rice. According to Consuelo Solis, 75 years old, from Luzon Avenue, she only went to the Kadiwa Store to buy P20 per ki…

Restoring NFA Regulatory Powers To Help Enforce Palay Floor Price

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday underscored the need to restore the National Food Authority’s (NFA) regulatory powers to help enforce the floor price of palay (unhusked rice) and protect local farmers from unscrupulous traders. The DA made the statement amid an ongoing study on possible legal ways to set a floor price under the Price Act, Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Law, and other enabling laws. The floor price, which refers…

DA OPENS REHABILITATED NFA WAREHOUSE IN MALOLOS

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led the reopening of the National Food Authority’s (NFA) newly rehabilitated warehouse in Malolos, Bulacan, a crucial step in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s push to intensify palay procurement, uplift farmer incomes, and sustain the P20 per kilo rice program. “This long-overdue upgrade of a 45-year-old facility ensures that our hardworking rice farmers—especially in Bulacan—are no longer at the me…