00:00Good news for the people of Batangas, the newly built Kadiwa Store in the province.
00:05Aside from being able to buy as much as they can buy,
00:09it will also help our farmers a lot.
00:12Benji Durango with the latest news live.
00:18Now, I'm here in the city of Santo Tomas, Batangas.
00:22And what you see behind me is the first Kadiwa store
00:26that the President built and opened here in the province of Batangas.
00:31In our conversation with Santo Tomas City Mayor Arjun Maracigan,
00:36they were the ones who requested this to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
00:40back in 2023.
00:42And they were given.
00:43A round of applause to those who will buy the fresh vegetables
00:46that are locally produced by Santo Tomas.
00:48What's special about the President's Kadiwa here is that
00:51the grains are fresh from the farm,
00:52the vegetables are organic,
00:54and there are no chemical additives.
00:56Eggs, fruits, and even vinegar are made from grains
00:59so it's possible that there are no chemical additives.
01:01The Paksiw will be cooked,
01:03made in Tilapia,
01:04and there are a lot of it here in Santo Tomas.
01:06For now, the President's Kadiwa here in Santo Tomas
01:09only opens once a month.
01:11But the local government of Santo Tomas
01:14is planning to make it open more often
01:17so that it can reach more people.
01:20This is also a big help to the farmers
01:22because they don't have to sell their grains
01:25so they can earn more.
01:27The City of Santo Tomas was named
01:29by the Department of Finance
01:31as the top two performing LGUs
01:33because of the locally sourced revenues.
01:39The vegetables that are sold here
01:42are mostly grains from Santo Tomas
01:44and most of them are organic vegetables.
01:46And this is our support to our farmers
01:49so that they don't have to go far.
01:53Nayomi, the President's Kadiwa only opened
01:55for half a day
01:57because earlier this morning,
01:59the grains were almost sold out.
02:01The President's Kadiwa is a government program
02:04that the Filipinos enjoy
02:06as the City of Santo Tomas
02:08here in the province of Batangas.
02:10Nayomi.
02:11Thank you very much, Benji Idurango.
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