Published Jun 5, 2025 03:04 pm BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with … Read more
Published Jun 5, 2025 07:54 pm BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering increasing the buying price of palay (unhusked rice) to support farmers and the national government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced during the program’s launching at Burgos Public Market here on Thursday that they … Read more
Published Jun 4, 2025 10:09 pm BACOLOD CITY – The National Food Authority (NFA) started delivering sacks of rice to the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Wednesday, June 4, a day before the official launching of the P20-per-kilo rice program here. THE National Food Authority (NFA) delivers sacks of rice to the Bacolod City Government … Read more
BACOLOD CITY — The provincial government of Negros Occidental will tap the different associations of farmers and irrigators in the province in its bid to keep the P20-per-kilo rice program of the national government, said Rayfrando Diaz II, provincial administrator. Diaz said the provincial government has allocated an initial P10 million as its counterpart subsidy … Read more
CEBU CITY — Stacks of rice have begun to pile up in Cebu as the government resumes its P20-per-kilo rice program following its temporary suspension due to the recently concluded 2025 midterm elections. The National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) confirmed the arrival of 35,000 sacks each containing 50 kilograms of well-milled rice on … Read more