ZAMBOANGA CITY (PIA) — At least 1,000 minimum wage earners from the fishing and canning industries receive their first 10-kilo allocation of subsidized rice during the official launch of the P20 ...

Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led the launching at the North Public Market, where hundreds of Bacolodnons eagerly waited for their turn ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday dispelled any doubts about the sustainability of his Benteng Bigas Meron Na program that offers quality rice at ₱20 per kilo to the country’s vulnerable ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun integrating the P20-per-kilo rice initiative into the government’s flagship anti-hunger program, “Walang Gutom,” Secretary Rex ...

NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said on Wednesday that there is an adequate supply of rice for the upcoming rainy season.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday rolled out its Benteng Bigas Meron Na! (BBM Na!) program to 20 more Kadiwa centers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, adding up to 32 the total number ...

AFFORDABLE RICE. Members of vulnerable sectors, including senior citizens, line up to buy PHP20/kg rice during the launch of the Department of Agriculture’s “Benteng Bigas Meron Na” program at Navotas ...

The shipment is part of the over 600,000 bags of rice that the Cebu provincial government procured under the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na! (P20 rice, it’s here!)” initiative.

“BBM, benteng bigas, meron na, ta benteng bugas mamalit na ta (P20 per kilogram rice is available, let’s buy these rice),” Garcia said during the One Cebu rally in Dumanhug town, Cebu, which ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has assured President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas Senate slate of a victory in the 2025 midterm elections, ...

After more than 3 years of intense negotiations, WHO member states have finally reached a consensus on a new treaty to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics. Initiated in 2021, negotiations ...

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday assured everything is set for the pilot launch of “Benteng Bigas Meron (BBM) Na” or the PHP20 per kilogram rice sale in Cebu on May 1. During ...