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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez misleads with claim that price ceiling on rice set by Marcos has affected world market

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez nanliligaw sa pahayag na ang price ceiling na itinakda ni Marcos ay nakaapekto sa pandaigdigang pamilihan

By VERA Files | Sep 21, 2023 5:37 PM

Ang pinakahuling ulat ng price index mula sa Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) ng United Nations ay nagpapakita na ang All Rice Price index ay tumaas noong Agosto 2023 na umabot sa 142.4 puntos, na 9.8% na mas mataas kaysa sa nakaraang buwan at 31.2% higit pa kaysa sa halaga nito noong nakaraang taon.

Agriculture, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Martin Romualdez, presyo ng bigas

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bakit may P41 price cap kung ‘malapit na’ ang P20 kada kilo ng bigas?

By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2023 7:21 PM

Noong Aug. 31, nagtalaga ng P41 price cap kada kilo ng regular-milled rice si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., na secretary din ng Department of Agriculture (DA). Kontra ito sa mga nauna niyang pahayag na malapit nang maabot ang pangako niyang P20 kada kilo ng bigas. Anyare?

bigas, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., presyo ng bigas

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos sa pagtaas ng presyo ng bigas sumasalungat sa EO

By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2023 6:51 AM

Ito ay sumasalungat sa Executive Order (EO) No. 39 ni Marcos na binanggit ang ulat mula sa DA at Department of Trade and Industry na ang “global events” ay nakaimpluwensya rin sa pagtaas ng presyo.

department of agriculture, Executive Order No. 39, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., hoarding, presyo ng bigas, smuggling

Commentary

Oh, my gulay!

By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 21, 2023 11:30 AM

No matter how high one’s awareness is about the importance of eating nutritious food, it becomes useless when prices are unaffordable.

Agriculture, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., food prices, gulay

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on Cynthia Villar’s FB page that rice prices did not increase due to tariffication law is false

By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2023 1:31 PM

Since the Rice Tariffication Law was enacted in March 2019, local rice prices have gone up.

Agriculture, Cynthia Villar, prices, Rice, Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, Rice Tariffication Law

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post sa FB page ni Cynthia Villar na hindi tumaas ang presyo ng bigas dahil sa tariffication law hindi totoo

By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2023 1:31 PM

Tumaas ang presyo ng lokal na bigas mula nang ipatupad ang Rice Tariffication law noong Marso 2019.

Agriculture, Cynthia Villar, presyo ng bigas, Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, Rice Tariffication Law

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ulat ni Marcos sa pagbaba ng presyo ng pagkain sa SONA nakaliligaw

By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2023 7:14 PM

Sinabi ng PSA na ang food inflation, o ang rate ng pagtaas ng mga presyo ng mga pagkain, ay bumaba sa 6.7% noong Hunyo 2023 mula sa 7.5% noong nakaraang buwan. Gayunpaman, mas mataas pa rin ito sa 6.4% na naitalang food inflation noong Hunyo 2022.

bigas, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., gulay, isda, Kadiwa, pagkain, SONA

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ report on decreasing food prices in SONA is misleading

By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2023 7:14 PM

During his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his administration was able to prove that it can bring down food prices. This is misleading. STATEMENT Flaunting the achievements of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Kadiwa program, Marcos said: “Napatunayan natin na kayang maipababa ang presyo ng […]

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, fish, Food, inflation, Kadiwa, meat, Rice, SONA, sugar, vegetables

Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, Photo source: DA

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DA official seesaws on sugar import fiasco

By VERA Files | May 25, 2023 3:42 PM

In a public hearing by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on May 23, Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban backpedaled six times on claims regarding President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s directive early this year to import sugar.

Domingo Panganiban, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., sugar importation

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Opisyal ng DA nag-seesaw sa sugar import fiasco

By VERA Files | May 25, 2023 3:42 PM

Sa isang pampublikong pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee noong Mayo 23, anim na beses na nagbago si Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban sa mga pahayag hinggil sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sa unang bahagi ng taong ito na mag-angkat ng asukal.

Domingo Panganiban, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., sugar importation