Various government interventions under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. have been crucial in the gradual stabilization of “extraordinary” spikes in rice prices in the country, the Department of ...

The price of rice, our staple food — referring specifically to us Filipinos — has become increasingly unaffordable for those in the marginalized sector, despite ...

Inflation settled at 2.9 percent in January, unchanged from December, after a negative rice price growth offset the increase ...

Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto highlighted that the low and steady inflation rate of 2.9% in January 2025 gives the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) room to cut its policy interest rates, which in ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set the price of National Food Authority (NFA) rice at P35 per kilo, lower than the initial estimate of P38 per kilo, as part of government’s response to the ...

FILIPINOS living in Bataan, Laguna, and Batanes are among those who enjoy higher per capita GDP than the national average in 2023, according to the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 ...

MANILA: The Philippine central bank will take a "measured approach" in easing policy rates, it said on Wednesday (Feb 5), as ...

Rice prices in the Philippines continued its downtrend in the first month of 2025, with the inflation rate for the grain staple contracting for the first time in nearly four years, amid a trend of ...

Farm tourism sites are being developed in this city in partnership with farmers' associations to make visitors stay longer, an official said on Tuesday. In an ...

Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices ...