The President used numbers and bold claims to boast in his fourth State of the Nation Address, but putting them in context shows his administration's achievements are not as grand as he made them out ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday, July 28, 2025, that the P20 per kilo rice program is set to expand in all ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday promised more jobs, support for small businesses, and stronger agricultural programs ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to warn government officials and ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the Batasang Pambansa in ...

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. announced Monday that the P20 rice program, his campaign promise during the 2022 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite some farmers’ laments on its “unsustainability,” President Marcos assured the public that the P20-per-kilo rice program “is here to stay,” describing it ...

MANILA, Philippines — Higher farm input and labor costs jacked up the average cost of producing palay or unmilled rice last year, according to industry sources. The average cost of producing ...

The current price of freshly harvested wet palay is only P9 to P10 per kilo, while sun-dried palay sells for just P14 to P15 per kilo. This is far from previous years’ rates of P18 to P24 per kilo.

MANILA: The Philippines' headline inflation slightly increased to 1.4 per cent in June, up from 1.3 per cent in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday (July 4).

At P10 per kilo, that’s P30,750 in gross income. “We borrowed P20,000 for fertilizer and pesticides. We spent around P30,000 overall.

The Philippines recorded a slight acceleration in inflation in June 2025, rising to 1.4% from 1.3% in May.