Rice

Japan’s humble ‘onigiri’ rice balls get image upgrade

By Mathias Cena with Cecilia Sanchez in New York TOKYO, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - Wrapped in seaweed and stuffed…

Top rice supplier India bans some exports

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- The world's biggest rice exporter India has banned some overseas sales of the grain "with immediate…

Philippines approves GMO ‘golden rice’ for commercial production

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The Philippines became the world's first country Friday to approve the commercial production of genetically…

Customs bureau seizes over P500,000 worth of smuggled rice from Myanmar

(Eagle News) -- The Bureau of Customs has seized over half a million pesos worth of smuggled rice from Myanmar.…

Vietnam resumes rice exports to PH, other ASEAN countries amid virus crisis

  (Eagle News) -- Starting this month, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam decided to resume rice exports to the Philippines…

Iglesia Ni Cristo gives 3,000 sacks of rice, 1,000 PPEs to Manila City gov’t

  (Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) donated 3,000 sacks of rice and at least 1,000…

DA forecast: PHL rice supply enough ’til March next year

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture said that the country’s rice “supply remains on the optimistic side” as…

PHL gov’t thanks South Korea for donating 950 metric tons of rice for calamity victims

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine government thanked the government of South Korea for its recent donation of 950 metric…

Dar assures enough rice supply for Metro Manila amid enhanced community quarantine

(Eagle News) – Agriculture Secretary William Dar assured that there is enough rice in Metro Manila to meet the Philippine…

Pres. Duterte suspends rice importation this harvest season, tells DA to buy all rice produced by local farmers

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night directed Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend all rice importations,…

Indonesians quitting ‘rice addiction’ over diabetes fears

by Haeril HALIM Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesian Mirnawati once ate rice with every meal, but its…

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