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Farmers' groups debunk Duterte's agri, coco levy claims during final SONA

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 06:23 PM

Some farmers groups are unhappy with the agricultural commodity import liberalization and the Coco Levy Act, contrary to how it was touted by President Rodrigo Duterte during the his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday. Read more »

PH first country to approve golden rice for commercial production

Handout, International Rice Research Institute via AFP
Updated as of Jul 23 07:23 PM

This handout photo taken in July 2021 and received from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on Friday shows golden rice breeder Mallikarjuna Swamy examining golden rice at the IRRI transgenic screenhouse in Los Baños, Laguna.  Read more »

Philippines approves GMO 'golden rice' for commercial production

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 06:29 PM

A biosafety permit issued by government regulators paves the way for the rice -- enriched with the vitamin A-precursor beta-carotene to make it more nutritional -- to be grown by farmers across the country, its developers said.   Read more »

Sonaserye 2021: Nakatulong ba ang pandemic policies ni Duterte sa ekonomiya?

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:58 PM

Nakatulong ba sa ekonomiya ang mga polisiya ni Duterte ngayong pandemya? Read more »

Food shorts: Pizza, machang, fried chicken and more

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Jun 27 12:35 PM

Check out some of the latest news in the local food scene.  Read more »

THROWBACK: Workout routines using a bag of rice | Sports U

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 09:19 PM

Sometimes, a bag of rice is all you need to keep yourself healthy and fit.  Read more »

COVID-19 vaccination rates rise with rice raffle

Lisa Marie David, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 05:05 PM

A woman who has received her first dose of Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac vaccine for COVID-19 drops her entry for the weekly raffle draw of sacks of rice for vaccinated residents, at the Barangay Sucat Covered Court, in Muntinlupa City on Monday Read more »

Philippines community raffles off bags of rice to boost vaccine drive

Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 04:05 PM

A community in the Philippines has been raffling off huge sacks of rice in exchange for getting vaccinated against COVID-19, after finding it hard to persuade people to get their shots. Read more »

Mga magsasaka may alinlangang magtanim ng palay dahil sa gastos: grupo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 06:01 PM

Lumalaki umano ang gastos ng mga magsasaka para sa pagtatanim ng palay. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 28, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 12:19 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Muntinlupa barangay raffles off rice to boost vaccination rate

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 05:28 PM

A man has his vitals checked before being inoculated against COVID-19 at the Brgy. Sucat covered court in Muntinlupa on Friday. Read more »

DOH mulls giving incentives to boost vaccination rate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 03:36 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was considering giving incentives to help boost the country's vaccination rate, as nearly 4.7 million people were so far inoculated against COVID-19. Read more »

Gov't says won't import rice during local harvest as farmers worry over income loss

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 05:18 PM

The government will only import rice after the local harvest, Malacañang said on Thursday, as farmer expressed concern over President Rodrigo Duterte's move to slash tariffs on imported supply of the staple grain.  Read more »

Magsasaka ang maghihirap sa tapyas sa taripa ng bigas: Drilon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 11:07 AM

Ang mga magsasaka ang mahihirapan sa desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na babaan ang taripa sa bigas na inaangkat sa ibang bansa, ayon kay Sen. Drilon.   Read more »

Farmers group aapela sa Kongreso kontra panibagong tapyas sa taripa ng imported rice

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 09:49 PM

Aapela ang isang farmers group sa Kongreso matapos maglabas ang Malacañang ng kautusang magpapababa sa taripa ng bigas na iaangkat mula sa ibang bansa.  Read more »

Farmers' group umaaray sa panibagong tapyas sa taripa ng imported rice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:01 PM

Bababaan ang taripa sa imported rice kahit tumaas ang ani sa first quarter ng 2021, at mas mataas sa first quarter ng 2019 at 2020. Read more »

Duterte temporarily slashes imported rice tariffs, 'modifies' pork import tariffs

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

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved temporarily reducing the tariff rates on imported rice, and "further modified" tariffs on imported pork products to ease the burden on consumers, his office said on Saturday.  Read more »

Locsin thanks Vietnam for offer of 'guaranteed' rice shipments

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:13 AM

MANILA - Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday thanked Vietnam for its “offer to guarantee rice shipments” to the Philippines during last year’s lockdown. Read more »

Bulacan village officials apologize for 'lugaw is not essential' fiasco

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 08:35 PM

Several village officials who went viral for claiming that "lugaw" is a non-essential item apologized on Friday, saying that disallowing the delivery of rice porridge in areas under community quarantine was a mistake. Read more »

‘Luto sa pagmamahal’: NCCA says ‘lugaw’ is a symbol of Filipino culture

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 11:52 PM

After the viral video of a woman saying “lugaw” or rice porridge is not among essential goods, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on Wednesday reminded the public about the cultural value of the dish. Read more »