This keynote address was delivered at Manila House last Feb. 26 by Senator Loren Legarda at the start of  the “Cultural Thoughts and Trajectories” series that she organized through the Senate ...

This is the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras ... and lived and breathed culture. As a little girl, I was surrounded by artistic luminaries who shaped our national identity, and ...

As of March 13, the Philippines imported a total of 641,000 metric tons of rice — almost half of the amount in nearly the same period in 2024 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of ...

A GOVERNMENT-led research project aims to sequence the genomes of 1,001 traditional rice varieties in the Philippines to identify genes that can contribute to the development of high-yielding ...

Orly Manuntag, spokesperson for the Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines and co-founder of Philippine Rice Industry Stakeholders Movement, said lessee farmers tend to have higher ...

But delegates of the 2025 Miss Universe Philippines pageant say this is far ... Another returnee, Quezon Province’s Ahtisa Manalo, said pageant girls need food because of the long days.

MANILA, Philippines – Local rice production is projected to decrease this current crop year due to unfavorable weather conditions, which could translate to higher retail prices, according to ...

DA spokesman Arnel de Mesa says they hope the NFA will be allowed to release rice stocks without necessarily declaring a food emergency MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang and the Department of ...

The National Food Authority (NFA), a government agency under the Department of Agriculture, made significant strides in 2024, achieving its highest rice buffer stocks in years, improving its ...

This is not at all surprising given that Filipinos are some of the largest consumers of rice in the world. A study conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture published in March this year ...