5,714 rice farmers receive P5,000 each as gov’t financial assistance

Rice farmers tilling farmland of two hectares and below received P5,000 each last week as financial assistance from the government for the second straight year pursuant to the Rice Tarrification…

The lamentable state of the abaca industry in Catanduanes

Last week’s distribution of P5,000 cash to qualified rice farmers in the province of Catanduanes is pursuant to Section 13 of Republic Act 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law. Under…