President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday he is getting closer to his campaign promise of having rice sell for P20 a kilo, but acknowledged that more needed to be done before this became a reality. READ:
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday he is getting closer to his campaign promise of having rice sell for P20 a kilo, but acknowledged that more needed to be done before this became a reality.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday leads the launching of the ‘Kadiwa Ng Pasko’ project at a covered court in Mandaluyong City.At the launch of the “Kadiwa ng Pasko” project, Mr. Marcos said rice is already being sold for P25 a kilo in the Kadiwa stalls and the National Food Authority .
Fourteen sites were opened simultaneously across the country on Wednesday, including 11 in the National Capital Region, one in Tacloban City, one in Davao De Oro, and one in Koronadal City, South Cotabato.The program aims to provide a market for farmers and fishers for their produce without having to go through traders and middlemen.
The Department of Agriculture, which Marcos also heads, said local commercial rice sells for between P38 and P50 per kilo. “As your government, we cannot do anything with the rising prices. We can’t do anything because the soaring prices of commodities were brought by external forces that we cannot control, but we are helping with the people’s capacity to buy,” he added.
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