VERA Files
The price cap on rice took effect nationwide on Sept. 5 despite drawing flak from some lawmakers, economists and farmers’ groups.
In a recent speech, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. once again pointed at smugglers and hoarders as the sole reason for the increase in rice prices, contradicting his earlier order that cited other global factors driving up costs. STATEMENT Before leaving Manila on Sept. 4 to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Marcos delivered […]
Amid soaring prices of rice, a YouTube video claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered that the price of the commodity be pegged at P20/kilo. This is false. The president, as agriculture secretary, only announced plans to crack down on rice hoarders and later imposed price controls. Marcos signed Executive Order 39 on Aug. […]
Since the Rice Tariffication Law was enacted in March 2019, local rice prices have gone up.
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 […]
A news release from the Presidential Communications Office on April 13 said the National Food Authority (NFA) was proposing to import 330,000 metric tons of rice to cover a projected deficit in the country’s emergency buffer stock.
Sa isang pagtalakay sa paggamit ng asin sa produksyon ng niyog, sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar na kasing laki ng industriya ng bigas ang industriya ng niyog sa bansa. Ito ay hindi totoo.
In a discussion on the use of salt in coconut production, Sen. Cynthia Villar said the country’s coconut industry is as big as that of rice. This is false.
Not only is the DA budget low, but its allocation and spending have also been ineffective and inefficient.
The P25 per kilo rice is available only in Kadiwa ng Pasko caravan stores which operate in limited areas at designated dates and time in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao de Oro.