00:00 Students are about to start school so all kinds of savings are made by many parents.
00:06 This includes budgeting for rice. The question is, where can we buy cheap rice?
00:12 This is Tina Pangaliban Perez.
00:14 P38 pesos per kilo of imported regular milled rice was bought in this place in the Commonwealth Market in Quezon City this morning.
00:26 This was initiated by Grupong PRISM or Philippine Rice Industry Stakeholders Movement
00:31 to sell P38 pesos of rice while the price is high in the market.
00:36 Each customer can buy up to 5 kilos so that the supply will not run out and more people can buy.
00:44 I can sell 5 bags to 10 bags in a day depending on the number of people.
00:51 Just be patient. My husband doesn't have a job.
00:55 This rice is close to the Commonwealth Market.
00:58 P4 pesos per kilo discount is given to those who will buy local regular milled rice and local brown rice.
01:06 We only sell 5 kilos maximum. We don't sell per sack.
01:11 This owner has his own rice fields in Mindoro, Novaisilla and Dabao.
01:17 That's why we were able to afford P4 pesos less.
01:20 In this place, in the Commonwealth Market, the lowest price of rice is P49 for the broken rice.
01:27 But the local rice that is sold more is more expensive because it is more worth it.
01:33 In Mega Q Mart, you can buy P40 to P43 per kilo of yellow rice.
01:39 It is not that much for sale. The highest price is P54.
01:45 Yes. The higher the price, the higher the price.
01:49 In this Kadiwa outlet in the Department of Agriculture, there is no rice store.
01:55 But PRISM said that their DA's order is ongoing and it is possible to sell this within this week.
02:02 Our colleagues are just helping in the rice industry.
02:07 You will not see this 100 percent in the whole Metro Manila market until we reach our harvest in September.
02:14 PRISM is hoping that the price will drop and the price of rice will increase next month.
02:20 It depends on our harvest. We don't see any harvest yet. We think that our harvest will be different this month.
02:29 For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, your witness.
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