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The Philippines on Monday declared a food security emergency to bring down rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite hefty tariff cuts. “This emergency declaration allows us ...

The Philippines has declared a food security emergency to bring down rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite lower global prices and a reduction in rice tariffs last year.

The annual rate of increase in rice prices in the Philippines hit a 15-year high of 24.4% in March last year, but has since moderated to 0.8% in December, helping keep overall inflation for 2024 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The prices of several essential items found in the Filipino consumers’ grocery list — from bread, milk, and canned goods to detergents and batteries—are all going up.

Eastern Visayas, Philippines - On February 10, 2025, in Leyte, Philippines, @merae.asmol shared a video of floodwaters submerging the entire region. In the video, motorcycle riders struggle to pass ...

Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared on Monday, February 3, a food security emergency on rice after the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) determined that there was ...

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday grilled top government officials for failing to present a clear list of people qualified to benefit from the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP).

"Legally, it cannot be done," Escudero said. Duterte became the second-most-senior elected official in the Philippines to be impeached after former President Joseph Estrada in 2000.

Should the Philippines pass the assessment, it will mark the country’s removal from the gray list, in which it has been included since June 2021. In a statement on Tuesday, the BSP said that the ...

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but both spot and forecast prices have been relatively stable so far. In terms of the impact of the return of US president-elect Donald Trump, he said the Philippines, which is a minimal goods ...