MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos signed a law that aims to revitalize and modernize the local livestock and poultry industries through an annual P20-billion earmarked fund that will provide ...

National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has encouraged delegates to make this 11th P20 Summit a turning point for parliaments to transform from reactive institutions to proactive engines of global ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded the P20-per-kilogram (kg) rice initiative, or the Benteng Bigas Meron Na! (BBM Na!) program, to rice farmers and farmworkers. Kadiwa ng Pangulo and Food ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) expanded the P20 per kilogram (kg) rice initiative, or the Benteng Bigas Meron Na! (BBM Na!) program to rice farmers and farm workers on ...

A 2012 World Bank study calculated that the government spent almost P7 to deliver P1 of assistance to rice consumers through its universal rice subsidy program. In “Who Benefits from Social Assistance ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday said the government has made good on its promise to offer P20-per-kilo rice without hurting the income of Filipino farmers.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s program of P20 per kilo of rice has created “so much injustice” for farmers, Teodoro Mendoza, a scientist at the University of the Philippines ...

KUALA LUMPUR - ''Watch me sustain it.'' This was the bold statement made by President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. as regards his administration's P20 per kilo of rice. Speaking to Philippine ...

MANILA, Philippines — After the pilot launch of the P20 per kilo rice project, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has advised the government to defer the full rollout until after the midterm polls.

MANILA, Philippines — While the Department of Agriculture (DA) is all set to implement nationwide this week President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s aspiration of bringing down the retail prices of rice to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted the P20 rice project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) from the poll spending ban, but under certain conditions.