rice Topic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 08:00 PM

A government project aims to bring cheaper rice to depressed areas in Metro Manila amid the hike in prices of commercial rice. Read more »

Poorest Filipinos suffer most from inflation: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 05:51 PM

The poorest 30 percent of the population suffer the most from rising prices of goods particularly food items such as rice, the dean of the University of the Philippines School of Statistics said Thursday. Read more »

Inflation seen peaking in third quarter before dipping in 2019: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 02:45 PM

Inflation could peak in August or September based on the outlook of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, an official said Thursday. Read more »

Mga magsasaka, may takot sa pag-aangkat ng bigas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 08:20 PM

Hiling ng mga magsasaka ang pag-unawa ng mga konsumer at sa ganitong panahon na lamang daw sila kumikita. Read more »

Inflation to ease later this year to 4 to 4.5 pct says Finance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 03:43 PM

Inflation will slow down and return to the original forecast range of 4 to 4.5 percent within the year based on the projections of Development Budget Coordination Committee, the Department of Finance said Wednesday. Read more »

Customs should give smuggled rice to families hit by 'habagat': Binay

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 03:18 PM

Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to turn over the smuggled rice the agency has seized to the social welfare department’s relief operations program for flood victims. Read more »

Presyo ng gulay, isda, tumaas; habagat sinisi

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 10:49 PM

Tumaas ang presyo ng ilang gulay at seafood sa palengke, na isinisi sa masamang panahon. Samantala, pinipilahan ng dalawang oras ang NFA rice sa harap ng dagdag-presyo sa commercial rice. Read more »

House approves rice tariffication bill on 3rd reading

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 05:09 PM

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 7735 that imposes tariffs on rice in place of import quotas. Read more »

800,000 rice sacks languish at Subic port amid rains

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 09:08 AM

The rainy weather has stalled the unloading of some 800,000 bags of imported government-subsidized rice at Subic Bay, north of the capital, the National Food Authority said Tuesday. Read more »

Higit P170 milyong halaga ng 'smuggled rice,' nasamsam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 12:12 AM

Nasa higit P170 milyon halaga ng umano'y smuggled na bigas ang nasamsam ng Bureau of Customs. Read more »

House OKs revised rice tariffication bill on 2nd reading

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 09:29 PM

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the Revised Agricultural Tariffication Act, a bill seeking to remove quantitative restrictions on rice imports. Read more »

TIPID TIPS: Mga alternatibo sa bigas tulad ng mais, kamote, patok sa mamimili

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 09:35 PM

Patok ngayon sa palengke ang mga alternatibo sa bigas gaya ng kamote, gabi, saging, at mais bunsod ng patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin. Read more »

No 'advocate' of zero-tariffs on food items in Cabinet as of now: Roque

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 07:31 PM

No Cabinet secretary under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has endorsed the implementation of zero tariffs on imported agricultural products to ease inflation, the presidential spokesperson clarified on Thursday. Read more »

Dissecting Data: How rice tariffication, more rice imports affect prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 05:37 PM

Economic managers have said that imposing tariff on imported rice in place of quantitative restrictions could help lower the prices and curb inflation. Farmers however raised concerns of the potential harm it can do to the local rice industry. Read more »

COA: NFA used P5 billion for loan payment instead of buying rice

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 04:38 PM

The Commission on Audit questioned the decision of the National Food Authority to use the P5.1 billion subsidy from the national government as payment for maturing loans instead of allocating the funds for the food security program of the agency. Read more »

NFA rice, nabibili na uli sa ilang palengke sa Luzon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 11:42 PM

Maaari na ulit bilhin sa mga pamilihan sa Mimaropa, Batangas, Laguna at Quezon province ang NFA rice matapos maantala ang pagpapadala dahil sa masamang panahon. Read more »

House approves rice tariffication bill

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 09:03 PM

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill which imposes tariffs on rice imports in place of quotas. Read more »

Protesters claim rice tariffication will kill local rice industry

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 12:24 AM

Rice tariffication is one of the "vigorous measures" House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will push to help President Rodrigo Duterte counter inflation. Read more »

Planong pag-alis sa quota ng inaangkat na bigas, tinututulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 09:12 PM

Mariing tinututulan ng ilang grupo ang panukalang pagpataw ng taripa at pag-aalis sa limitasyon ng mga inaangkat na bigas. Read more »

Consumer group, farmers' party-list question rice tariffication bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 03:30 PM

Lifting the import quotas on rice in favor of tariffs will not bring down prices of the staple, a consumer group and farmers party-list congressman said on Monday. Read more »

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