Various government interventions under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. have been crucial in the gradual stabilization of “extraordinary” spikes in rice prices in the country, the Department of ...

Rice registered negative inflation for the first time since December 2021, after the average price of the staple fell 2.3 percent last month, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday.

Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, has ordered the agency’s executives to provide ...

The Philippines yesterday declared a food security emergency in order to bring down the price of rice, which officials said ...

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Ferdinand Caraballe, Supervising Agriculturist of the Department of Agriculture (DA)-10, acknowledged the slower inflation in rice prices but expressed concerns about the long-term impact. “Although ...

THE Philippines and Finland on Thursday signed a joint declaration of intent to seal a bilateral labor agreement this year. “Safe, ethical, transparent, and sustainable recruitment will happen and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday said the price of its Rice-for-All 25 (RFA25) will drop from P40 to P38 per kilogram starting Friday. In a statement ...

{A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 9, 2018. Picture taken August 9, 2018.

The Philippines said it’s taking more steps to lower rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite hefty tariff cuts, sufficient supply and lower costs in the global market.