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Around seven million families nationwide have so far benefited from the government’s free rice program, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said yesterday as he gave assurance that the initiative also continued to support local farmers.

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Tinatayang aabot nasa 30,000 na pamilya ang nakatakdang makatanggap ng tig-60 kilo na bigas mula sa provincial government ng lalawigang ito.

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Aabot sa 3,000 Mala­bueño ang tumanggap ng tig 10 kilong bigas na ipinamahagi sa pangu­nguna ni First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos at Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval sa ilalim ng programang ‘Hapag Sigurado: Rice Distribution para sa Malabueño’.

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Newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. joined First Lady Liza Marcos in distributing free rice to 3,100 beneficiaries in Mandaluyong yesterday.

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Lower food prices, particularly rice, helped ease inflation in June, prompting the National Price Coordinating Council  to endorse to the Office of the President the Department of Agriculture (DA)’s recommendation to extend by two months the government’s P50-per-kilo price cap on imported rice.

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The country imported 2.75 million metric tons (MT) of rice in the first half, marking a record-high volume for the period, the Bureau of Plant Industry said.

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Local rice traders have been asked to stop importing five percent broken rice varieties which could compete with the incoming local harvest, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.

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The Philippines is projected to import 5.7 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, as local production is expected to decline.

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Planting rice can be backbreaking work, and the labor must be worth it.

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A Bureau of Plant Industry monitoring exercise has uncovered potential mislabeling practices in rice sold in urban markets, according to the Department of Agriculture.

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                    [Title] => 7 million families benefited from free rice program – Palace
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Around seven million families nationwide have so far benefited from the government’s free rice program, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said yesterday as he gave assurance that the initiative also continued to support local farmers.

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Tinatayang aabot nasa 30,000 na pamilya ang nakatakdang makatanggap ng tig-60 kilo na bigas mula sa provincial government ng lalawigang ito.

[DatePublished] => 2026-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1787352 [AuthorName] => Victor Martin [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/07/18/3_2026-07-18_23-13-36338_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2541975 [Title] => 3K Malabueño tumanggap ng tig-10 kilong bigas sa ‘Hapag Sigurado’ [Summary] =>

Aabot sa 3,000 Mala­bueño ang tumanggap ng tig 10 kilong bigas na ipinamahagi sa pangu­nguna ni First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos at Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval sa ilalim ng programang ‘Hapag Sigurado: Rice Distribution para sa Malabueño’.

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Newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. joined First Lady Liza Marcos in distributing free rice to 3,100 beneficiaries in Mandaluyong yesterday.

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Lower food prices, particularly rice, helped ease inflation in June, prompting the National Price Coordinating Council  to endorse to the Office of the President the Department of Agriculture (DA)’s recommendation to extend by two months the government’s P50-per-kilo price cap on imported rice.

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The country imported 2.75 million metric tons (MT) of rice in the first half, marking a record-high volume for the period, the Bureau of Plant Industry said.

[DatePublished] => 2026-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808913 [AuthorName] => Adrian Kenneth Halili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/07/08/untitled-1_2026-07-08_20-03-16_thumbnail.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2539375 [Title] => DA asks traders to halt 5% broken rice imports [Summary] =>

Local rice traders have been asked to stop importing five percent broken rice varieties which could compete with the incoming local harvest, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.

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The Philippines is projected to import 5.7 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, as local production is expected to decline.

[DatePublished] => 2026-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808913 [AuthorName] => Adrian Kenneth Halili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/06/27/2_2026-06-27_19-09-55436_thumbnail.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2538250 [Title] => EDITORIAL — Save this national treasure [Summary] =>

Planting rice can be backbreaking work, and the labor must be worth it.

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A Bureau of Plant Industry monitoring exercise has uncovered potential mislabeling practices in rice sold in urban markets, according to the Department of Agriculture.

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