Republic Act 12078 or the amended Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) authorizes the secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to declare a food security emergency in case of extraordinary price ...

Agriculture secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. declared on Monday a food security emergency on rice through memorandum ...

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

MANILA, Philippines - Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday, February. 3 declared food security emergency ...

Inflation might have softened in January on the back of lower rice prices and electricity costs, a development that can help ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. declared a food security emergency on rice through Department Circular No.

Steady food prices coupled with manageable transport and utility costs could have led to inflation edging down last month, ...

IN the grand, often bewildering economic theater of the Philippines, where the script seems to shift from comedy to drama with the regularity of the morning sun, we find ourselves in early 2025, ...

A BusinessWorld poll of 16 analysts yielded a median estimate of 2.8% for the consumer price index (CPI) in January. This is within the 2.5%-3.3% forecast of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for ...

Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the extraordinary rice prices ...

Headline inflation may have settled within the 2.5 to 3.3 percent range in January, possibly breaching the three percent level amid higher prices of gas and food items, according to the Bangko Sentral ...