More than 400 rice retailers from six areas in the Philippines affected by rice price caps have already received a cash grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) amounting to at least P7.5 million.
Another set of cash payouts will be held on Monday, Sept. 11, in the metropolis and in Zamboanga del Sur as part of the efforts of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to assist small rice retailers who were affected by the implementation of the rice price ceilings nationwide.
An official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea asserted on Saturday that China lacks the authority to carry out any law enforcement operations within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
The governments of the Philippines and Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday in a bid to further strengthen the national soil health strategy of the two countries.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. underscored on Thursday the need to create conditions for diplomatic solutions to the threats posed by the nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine and the recent surge of ballistic missile tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
