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Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered the National Food Authority (NFA) to bring down rice prices to P27 per kilo by flooding Metro Manila markets with 3.6 million bags of the staple grain. Dar also directed the agency to increase palay support price to P19 from P17 per kilo. “The NFA Council (NFAC) met and […]
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging government to expedite the full implementation of the recently-signed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Law amid the marginal rise in the country’s inflation rate. This, after the Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA), has reported that the inflation rate rose to 3.2 percent in May from 3 percent last April. “This will […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said there should be no delay in the release of the cash benefits under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the government’s flagship anti-poverty alleviation initiative to ease the plight of some 4.4 million active household beneficiaries. Angara said the 12-year-old human development program – designed to keep children in school […]