President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prioritize farm-to-market road (FMR) projects to make sure that initiatives remain on track with the Farm-to-Market Roads National Plan (FMRNP). The President led a sectoral meeting on the updates on the implementation of the said national plan, where he emphhasized the need…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. bucked on Tuesday the proposal to temporarily implement rice tariff reduction in a bid to address the surge of rice prices in the market. “We decided with the agriculture and economic managers that … it was not the right time to lower the tariff rates because the projection of…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured the Filipino people on Tuesday that the administration is working hard to boost the agricultural sector in the Philippines and increase the local production and supply of the staple food in the country. In his speech during the 51st anniversary of the National Food Authority (NFA), President Marcos said…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to follow his lead on prioritizing agricultural modernization as he acknowledged the initiatives of the agency in stabilizing the country’s staple food supply. In a message read by Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban during the NFA’s 51st anniversary celebration, the…
Determined to put an end to rice smugglers and hoarders in the Philippines, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered on Tuesday all officials, authorities, and government agencies to strictly implement policies and laws to address rice issues in the country. In his speech during the distribution of rice at the San Andres Sports Complex in…
As a part of the government’s efforts to provide sufficient food supply to every Filipino, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. distributed a portion of the confiscated smuggled rice to 1,000 residents in San Andres, Manila on Tuesday. “Bilang patunay na ang pamahalaan ay seryoso sa pagsugpo ng smuggling – ang mga bitbit po naming mga…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. certified as urgent the enactment of the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers on Monday, which will specify the rights and ensure the welfare of Filipino seafarers, including the reintegration program, grievance system, and social welfare benefits. In a September 25-letter to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, President Marcos raised…
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) in cooperation with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) held the 2023 National Training Course on Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring (NTC-ERM) on September 4 to 8, 2023 at the PNRI compound in Diliman, Quezon City. The course was conducted face-to-face for the first time after the…
Upon the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to distribute next week cash assistance to sari-sari store owners who were affected by the implementation of the mandated price ceiling on rice. In its update to the Office of the President, the DSWD said that…
