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The Philippines announced price ceilings for rice on Friday to protect consumers, as the rising cost of the national staple probably caused August inflation to accelerate for the first time in ...
The Philippines is the 8th-largest rice producer in the world, accounting for 2.8% of global rice production. [1] The Philippines was also the world's largest rice importer in 2010. [2] [needs update] There are an estimated 2.4 million rice farmers in the Philippines as of 2020. [3]
For every hectare (San Agustín and Santa Mónica), a farmer can produce only a maximum of 4.5 cavans of duman, while a maximum of 300 cavans can be harvested from the regular rice variety. Dúman prices range from P600 to P1,000 per kilo depending on the quality. [22] [23] [24]
Despite the paper's initial success, [2] with its 2002 daily circulation of 87,000 copies being larger than even more established newspapers such as The Manila Times, [5] the SunStar Manila was not profitable, [3] and publication of the print edition was ultimately ceased in favor of maintaining an online-only edition some time thereafter.
"The Philippines population grows 1.5% annually, driving up its demand for rice, while domestic supplies haven't been able to match, and therefore (it) has to increase imports," Laurel said at a ...
The Philippines is a net importer of rice; amidst a wider trend of governments in the Asia-Pacific region increasing their emergency grain stocks to guard against a repeat of panic-buying seen during the 2007–08 world food price crisis, Calayag indicated that the Philippines was aiming for self-sufficiency in food rather than continuing ...
Palawan Daily News: Tagalog: Tabloid: Regional Palawan News: English/Tagalog Online Daily/Weekly Newspaper ... Philippine Chinese Daily (菲律賓華報) Sino-Fil ...
This is a list of newspapers published in Metro Manila. Metro Manila has four major English-language daily papers: the Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and The Philippine Star. [1] [2]