RCEF

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                    [Title] => Villar pushes extension, higher budget for RCEF
                    [Summary] => Sen. Cynthia Villar wants to double the annual guaranteed allocation for the rice competitiveness enhancement fund to P20 billion as she seeks to extend the fund by another six years or until 2030.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-07 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1375272
                    [AuthorName] => Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2337648
                    [Title] => Bulacan, tinanghal na ‘Most Outstanding Province’ ng  DA
                    [Summary] => Muling kinilala ng Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute o DA-PhilRice ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Bulacan bilang “Most Outstanding Province” sa Luzon sa ilalim ng Large-scale Award Category sa idinaos na RCEF Awards Recognition of Partners.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-03 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806212
                    [AuthorName] => Omar Padilla
                    [SectionName] => Probinsiya
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                    [ArticleID] => 2284015
                    [Title] => Ignoring food security flashpoints
                    [Summary] => In the list of priorities that the President often refers to, agriculture and food security rarely fails to catch my attention.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-07-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
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                    [ArticleID] => 2254906
                    [Title] => RCEF extension sought beyond 2024
                    [Summary] => The government is being urged to extend the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which will end in June 2024, based on appeals received by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-03-28 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804525
                    [AuthorName] => Danessa Rivera
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                    [ArticleID] => 2239442
                    [Title] => Government urged to probe PHilMech   
                    [Summary] => The government is urged to probe the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization  after retired officials and employees bared an ongoing row between the agency’s director and its key officials over the overpricing of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund tractor procurement in 2021.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-01-23 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804525
                    [AuthorName] => Danessa Rivera
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2191301
                    [Title] => Rice tariff collection grows by 14%
                    [Summary] => Tariff collected from rice imports grew by 14 percent to more than P8 billion in the five months to May, closing in on the yearly P10-billion target for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund intended for palay farmers.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-06-28 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807056
                    [AuthorName] => Elijah Felice Rosales
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2184190
                    [Title] => Rice tariff collection reaches over P7 billion
                    [Summary] =>  Duties collected from rice imports went up by 18.5 percent to P7.35 billion as of the middle of May from P6.2 billion in the same period last year and is nearing the yearly goal of P10 billion for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund  of palay farmers.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-28 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807056
                    [AuthorName] => Elijah Felice Rosales
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2162383
                    [Title] => Farmers urge reassessment of RTL
                    [Summary] => Food security group Tugon Kabuhayan is urging the government to assess the Rice Tariffication Law and the impact of its Rice Enhancement Competitiveness Fund to see if the allocation needs to be revised based on farmers’ needs.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-22 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805144
                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2134789
                    [Title] => PHilMech distributes farm machines in Nueva Ecija
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization has distributed P317.7 million worth of farm machines to farmers in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija as part of the mechanization component of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805144
                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2094218
                    [Title] => Rice Tariffication Law working well – Villar
                    [Summary] => The Rice Tariffication law is working well to stabilize prices of the staple and assist farmers to modernize and increase productivity, Sen. Cynthia Villar said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-04-28 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805432
                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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Villar pushes extension, higher budget for RCEF

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | March 7, 2024 - 12:00am

Sen. Cynthia Villar wants to double the annual guaranteed allocation for the rice competitiveness enhancement fund to P20...

Business

Bulacan, tinanghal na ‘Most Outstanding Province’ ng DA

By Omar Padilla | March 3, 2024 - 12:00am

Muling kinilala ng Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute o DA-PhilRice ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Bulacan bilang “Most Outstanding Province” sa Luzon sa ilalim ng Large-scale...

Probinsiya

Ignoring food security flashpoints

By Rey Gamboa | July 27, 2023 - 12:00am

In the list of priorities that the President often refers to, agriculture and food security rarely fails to catch my attention.

Business

RCEF extension sought beyond 2024

By Danessa Rivera | March 28, 2023 - 12:00am

The government is being urged to extend the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which will end in June 2024, based on appeals received by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization.

Business

Government urged to probe PHilMech  

By Danessa Rivera | January 23, 2023 - 12:00am

The government is urged to probe the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization after retired officials and employees bared an ongoing row between the agency’s director and its key officials...

Business

Rice tariff collection grows by 14%

By Elijah Felice Rosales | June 28, 2022 - 12:00am

Tariff collected from rice imports grew by 14 percent to more than P8 billion in the five months to May, closing in on the...

Business

Rice tariff collection reaches over P7 billion

By Elijah Felice Rosales | May 28, 2022 - 12:00am

Duties collected from rice imports went up by 18.5 percent to P7.35 billion as of the middle of May from P6.2 billion in...

Business

Farmers urge reassessment of RTL

By Catherine Talavera | February 22, 2022 - 12:00am

Food security group Tugon Kabuhayan is urging the government to assess the Rice Tariffication Law and the impact of its Rice...

Business

PHilMech distributes farm machines in Nueva Ecija

By Catherine Talavera | October 18, 2021 - 12:00am

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization has distributed P317.7 million worth of farm machines to farmers in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija as part of the mechanization component of the Rice...

Business

Rice Tariffication Law working well – Villar

By Paolo Romero | April 28, 2021 - 12:00am

The Rice Tariffication law is working well to stabilize prices of the staple and assist farmers to modernize and increase...

Headlines