Affordable NFA rice is now available in Nfa Surigao del Norte after deliveries of rice imported from Vietnam was completed. The office set up a rolling store to sell NFA rice at P27 per kilogram. NFA rice at P27/kg is now available primarily to those who can’t afford high prices of rice in depressed areas. NFA Surigao del Norte…
As the National Food Authority await replenishment of its stocks, rice millers and traders continue to deliver rice sold at P39 per kilogram to Metro Manila and other markets across the country. This undertaking is part of a program dubbed Tulong sa Bayan caravan, a joint project of the Office of the President, the Confederation of Grains Retailers Association…
TULONG SA BAYAN. (From left) National Food Authority – Region 2 Director Mario Gonzales with Isabela Rice Millers Association President Ernesto Subia, Mayor William Uy of Aurora, Isabela, show sample of the rice to be delivered in Metro Manila during the send off of 20 trucks with 14,000 bags of rice to be sold at PHP39 per kilogram to consumers…
Starting today, April 16, consumers in the National Capital Region (NCR) will have an alternative source of good quality rice at P39/kg as the country’s rice traders, millers and retailers make good their promise to the President to help the government ensure the presence of affordable commercial rice while waiting for replenishment of National Food Authority (NFA) rice buffer stocks….
The country’s state-run grains agency will now proceed with the importation of rice to augment the supply of subsidized rice in the market after earlier being delayed by its policy-making body. The NFA Council, an 18-member body that consists of representatives from financial institutions and other related agencies, has the power to approve or reject proposals coming from the…
Sinabi ng grupong Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines (GRECON) nitong Martes na wala nang ibinebentang NFA rice sa mga merkado sa National Capital Region (NCR) at apat pang rehiyon sa bansa. Bukod sa NCR, naubos na rin ang suplay ng NFA rice sa Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, at Calabarzon, ayon sa GRECON. Ayon kay GRECON…
NFA RICE: The samples of poor quality rice supplied by the National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) to rice retailers that are now being sold at the Carbon Public Market in Cebu City. The photo is from Erwin Gok-ong, president of Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines (GreCon) Cebu City North District. RICE Retailers have complained about the…
An estimated 10 million consumers have been compelled to shift to more expensive commercial rice given the low supply of the subsidized commodity from the National Food Authority (NFA), the Grains Retailers’ Confederation of the Philippines Inc. (Grecon) said Wednesday. “Wala tayong makuha ngayon so pupunta sila sa commercial. Ang problema, hindi po natin maikukumpara ‘yung commercial at tsaka government…
SHOW OF SUPPORT. Grains Retailers’ Confederation of the Philippines Inc. (GRECON) president Jaime Magbanua (left) hands to National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino (right) the commitment of support to NFA and Filipino rice consumers signed by their officers at the Philippine Sugar Center Building in Quezon City on Wednesday (Feb, 7, 2018). (PNA photo by Ben Briones)
The Grains Retailers’ Confederation of the Philippines Inc. (GRECON) today expressed its full support and commitment to the National Food Authority (NFA) in its effort to make rice available and affordable across the country. GRECON National President Jaime O. Magbanua met with NFA Administrator Jason Aquino to pledge GRECON’s commitment to the food agency. This comes after reports that…