Tag: Rice

PHL, Papua New Guinea sign 5-year MOA on agri cooperation, including tie-up on rice production

  (Eagle News) — The Philippines and Papua New Guinea has signed a five-year Memorandum Of Agreement ( MOA ) for greater cooperation on agriculture, including a tie-up on rice and grain production, as well as coconut and coffee production. Other areas of cooperation under the agreement include the development of rice and grain hybrid species; production of cocoa, rubber, and palm oil; horticulture production; aquaculture and inland fish farming; post-harvest development; livestock breeding; and […]

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SRP sa bigas, ilalabas na ng DA sa huling linggo ng Oktubre

(Eagle News) — Ipapalabas na ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa huling linggo ng Oktubre ang suggested retail price (SRP) para sa mga bigas. Ayon kay Secretary Manny Piñol, wala silang nakikitang dahilan para tumaas pa ang presyo ng bigas dahil bumabagsak na ang presyo ng mga palay. Apat na klase ng bigas aniya ang lalagyan nila ng SRP at ito ay ang mga regular-milled rice, well-milled, premium at special rice. Ngunit  hindi aniya kasama […]

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Duterte orders “immediate, thorough” probe into disappearance of over 23,000 sacks of smuggled rice

Zamboanga City district collector, Customs Police district commander under preventive suspension  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an “immediate, thorough” investigation into the disappearance of over 23,000 sacks of smuggled rice. “He was visibly upset..Nagalit talaga si Presidente. It’s incredible. How can you lose sacks of rice?” Roque said in a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 4. According to Roque, based on a report from Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena, as of 10 a.m., Zamboanga […]

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Sen. Gatchalian, nais ipatanggal sa NFA ang rice permit fee sa mga supermarket

(Eagle News) — Iminumungkahi ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na tanggalin na ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang Php 115,000 rice permit fee sa mga supermarket. Ito ay kasunod ng pagtuligsa ng Senador sa plano ng ahensya na patawan ang mga retailer ng karagdagang bayad upang payagang makapagbenta ng murang bigas. Matatandaang una nang sinabi ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na sa mga darating na panahon ay maaari nang makabili ng NFA rice ang […]

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Sunod-sunod na pagbaba ng presyo ng bigas sa Pangasinan, asahan ayon sa NFA

Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Asahan na umano ang sunud-sunod na pagbaba ng presyo ng bigas sa mga darating na mga araw, ayon sa National Food Authority (NFA) Western Pangasinan. Ayon kay Chona Maramba, assistant manager ng NFA sa lalawigan, nagsimula nitong linggo ang pagbaba ng piso sa kada kilo ng commercial rice sa merkado. Ngayong araw ay umabot na sa P3 ang ibinaba sa kada kilo ng bigas. Batay sa […]

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Palace spokesperson says he’s considering filing graft case vs ex-NFA chief Aquino

  (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he is considering filing malversation and graft charges against former National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino, citing his failure to use the P5.1 billion subsidy in buying rice from local farmers to boost the NFA’s rice buffer stock. “Kung walang magpa-file, ako mismo ang magpa-file. At hindi lang for technical malversation, fa-file-lan ko rin siya ng graft (If no one will file, I myself will […]

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Roque willing to file raps vs Jason Aquino for “making a mess out of the rice market”

(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said he would file a case against outgoing National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino for “mak(ing) a mess out of the rice market” if no one else does. “He (Aquino) contributed to the problem of inflation. He should be held liable. If no one files, I will,” Roque said in a television interview. For this, Roque cited a report from the Commission on Audit that said […]

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Pagpapabalik ng NFA sa pangangasiwa ng Department of Agriculture, isang welcome development- Estoperez

(Eagle News) — Pabor si National Food Authority (NFA) Spokesperson Rex Estoperez na ibalik sa Department of Agriculture ang pangangasiwa sa ahensiya. Kasunod ito ng naging desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ibalik ang NFA, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) at Fertilizers and Pesticides Authority (FPA) sa pangangasiwa ng DA. Ayon sa opisyal, ang mahalaga sa kaniya ay kung saan maging episyente ang ahensya at karapatan din aniya ito ni Pangulong Duterte. Samantala,ayon sa opisyal sa […]

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President Duterte places NFA, two other agencies under DA anew

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has returned the National Food Authority and two other agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Sept. 19, Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol said apart from the NFA, also returned were the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority, which had been placed under the Office of the President by then-President Benigno Aquino III. The reorganization was made possible by Executive Order […]

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PHL gov’t orders release of some 4.6 million bags of rice to address supply issues

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine government ordered the release of some 4.6 million bags of rice from the warehouses of the National Food Authority to retailers in public markets as well as in grocery stores as part of its immediate measures to address food supply issues. This was revealed by the government’s economic managers who assured the public that there would be adequate food supply in the country as vegetables and other food products, […]

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In photos: Vast rice and cornfields in Ilagan, Isabela damaged by typhoon Ompong

  (Eagle News) — Vast rice and cornfields are damaged by typhoon Ompong’s powerful winds and rainds that slammed into Ilagan City in Isabela.  Initial estimated pegged the damage to agriculture at more than P370 million.   In the Philippines, the over-all damage to agriculture was estimated at more than P14 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)

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Duterte says Jason Aquino has asked he be allowed to step down as NFA administrator

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino has “requested” that he be allowed to step down. “He said he is tired,” Duterte revealed in his tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. According to Duterte, he would “scout for a new one.” Duterte’s revelations came amid an alleged rice shortage in parts of the country.  

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