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DA, MERRYMART SIGN PACT FOR KADIWA RICE

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. welcomed an initiative by MerryMart Grocery, a company under listed DoubleDragon Corp., to support the government’s effort to provide affordable rice options to Filipino consumers. “We need more good corporate citizens like MerryMart who are ready to extend a helping hand to assist the government in looking after the welfare of […]

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PANGILINAN TO DA: MAKE RICE PRICES AFFORDABLE

To ensure that affordable rice is accessible to the public, former Senator Kiko Pangilinan has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to dispose of the National Food Authority’s 300,000-ton aging rice stock to KADIWA outlets once a food security emergency is declared. While Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law bars the NFA […]

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DA: MORE KADIWA KIOSKS IN MARKETS, TRAIN STATIONS

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up efforts to make rice more accessible and affordable for Filipinos by expanding the Rice-for-All program, opening additional KADIWA ng Pangulo kiosks in public markets and train stations, and collaborating with local government units (LGUs) nationwide to distribute rice at fair prices, including the P29 rice program for […]

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P40 PER KILO RICE NOW IN MORE METRO MANILA MARKETS

The Department of Agriculture is adding four public markets in Metro Manila where P40 per kilo well-milled rice will be sold under the Rice-for-All program to provide consumers with options amid stubbornly high prices of the food staple. KADIWA ng Pangulo rice kiosks in the four additional markets started offering the P40 a kilo rice […]

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P40 PER KILO RICE NOW AVAILABLE IN MORE MARKETS

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led a visit to the Pasay City Public Market to oversee the continued rollout of the KADIWA ng Pangulo kiosks that sells affordable rice to consumers under the Rice-for-All program. “The [Rice-for-All] program, which offers well-milled rice at P40 per kilo, is a realization of President Bongbong Marcos’ vision […]

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KADIWA TO SELL RICE-FOR-ALL AT P43 PER KILO – DA

The KADIWA ng Pangulo program will start selling Rice-for-All at a lower price of P43 per kilo in its various outlets starting this week. This initiative is another step toward realizing President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s goal of making food more affordable for every Filipino family. The Rice-for-All program, spearheaded by Food Terminals Inc., offers well-milled rice […]

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DA: KADIWA TO OPEN OUTLETS IN VISAYAS, MINDANAO

The Department of Agriculture will expand the KADIWA ng Pangulo program to Visayas and Mindanao in September as part of the broader plan to widen its store network, which offers lower-priced farm goods including rice, in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon. “We expect to have at least 60 KADIWA ng Pangulo stores across […]

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DA’S ‘RICE-FOR-ALL’ IN SELECTED KADIWA CENTERS

The Department of Agriculture launched in selected KADIWA centers the widely-anticipated Rice-for-All Program, a follow up to the successful P29 Rice Program introduced last July. The Rice-for-All Program, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said, is another step towards realizing the vision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to ensure the availability of affordable food, particularly […]

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LEE TO GOV’T: TAG KADIWA BILL AS PRIORITY MEASURE

With the planned expansion of Program 29 in areas outside Metro Manila, Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to include House Bill No. 3957 or the “Kadiwa Agri Food-Terminal Act” as a priority measure in the Third Regular Session of the 19th Congress. Under Lee’s measure, Kadiwa centers will be […]

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DA LAUNCHES LARGE-SCALE TRIAL OF ‘PROGRAM 29’

The Department of Agriculture launched a large-scale trial of “Program 29”, an initiative spearheaded by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. aimed at providing high-quality rice at P29 per kilo to as many as 6.9 million vulnerable households, representing around 35 million Filipinos. Following the directives of Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., 10 KADIWA centers in Metro […]