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Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretaries Arnel De Mesa and Genevieve Guevarra monitor the rollout of the government’s “Rice-for-All” program at the Kamuning Public Market in Quezon City on December 5, 2024. The program sells well-milled rice at ₱40 per kilo in various markets across Metro Manila. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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RICE-for-ALL- Kamuning Market

Jervis Manahan

ABS-CBN News

MANILA -- The new &quot;Sulit&quot; and &quot;Nutri&quot; rice project of the Department of Agriculture will be available starting on the second week of January, said Agriculture spokesperson Arnel de Mesa.The &#x27;Sulit Rice&#x27; is 100 percent broken rice, which will be sold in Kadiwa ng Pangulo Kiosks.&quot;Una, yung 100 percent broken, mura talaga yun. Yung well-milled kasi na common, 25 percent broken. So mura talaga yon,&quot; De Mesa said.(It&#x27;s 100 percent broken so it&#x27;s really cheap. Common well-milled rice is just 25 percent broken.)Meanwhile, Nutri Rice is a mix of well-milled rice and brown rice which has more fiber. It will be sold between P37-38 per kilo.Rice watch group &#x27;Bantay Bigas&#x27;, however, said these are projects that deceive the public, since the Agriculture department cannot lower the price of rice to P20/kilo.“Dapat batikusin ang mga pakulo at pambubudol nina Marcos at Department of Agriculture para maging abot kaya ang presyo ng bigas. Mula dati hanggang ngayon, same tactics pa rin sila para pahupain ang galit ng mga tao,&quot; said Cathy Estavillo, spokesperson of Bantay Bigas.(We are slamming the new deceptive moves of President Marcos and the Department of Agriculture to make it look like rice is getting cheaper. From the start and up to now, they&#x27;ve used the same tactics to dampen the people&#x27;s anger.)&quot;Walang katapusang pakulo at pambubudol ito,” Estavillo added.(The deceptive tactics never end.)Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture is refining the guidelines on the removal of labels in rice sold in the market such as &quot;premium&quot; and &quot;special&quot;.Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel earlier proposed the removal of such labels because these are being used to inflate prices.<div>RELATED VIDEO:</div><div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ICvJ3F0ySBs?&amp;ab_channel=ANC24%2F7autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

The new "Sulit" and "Nutri" rice project of the Department of Agriculture will be available starting on the second week of January, said Agriculture spokesperson Arnel de Mesa.

The new "Sulit" and "Nutri" rice project of the Department of Agriculture will be available starting on the second week of January, said Agriculture spokesperson Arnel de Mesa.

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'Sulit' and 'Nutri' Rice to be available starting second week of January, says DA

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Jan 03, 2025 05:39 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 03, 2025 05:44 PM PHT

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