00:00The Metro Manila Council recommended a hybrid set-up for the President's Diplomacy Program.
00:06Jumalin Doctolero of the Philippine Information Agency, National Capital Region, has news for the country.
00:15A hybrid set-up of the President's Diplomacy Program was recommended by the Metro Manila Council President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora
00:22to facilitate the access of people to fresh vegetables.
00:25This is for local governments that do not have enough space for physical stores.
00:30In the help of MMC, MMDA Chairman Romando Artes, Pasay City Mayor Emey Calixto Rubiano, and Agricultural Secretary Francisco Chu Laurel,
00:40Zamora said that they just want to be sure that all barangays will benefit from the KNP, regardless of the limitation of space.
00:48We can no longer dedicate to structure or building.
00:52So I'm requesting for a possible hybrid kind of store.
00:58Sometimes, the secretaries that we talked to from the DA,
01:03they have specifications of stores.
01:06Maybe a smaller one, maybe not specifically in this exact location.
01:14Just so that we can still implement it.
01:17Laurel gave support to Zamora's request and announced that the DA has a plan to launch Mobile Kadiwa of the President's Stores.
01:26This is the next step of the purchase of Food Terminal Incorporated of 24 trucks, and there is a plan to increase the number of units.
01:32Not all of them have ample parking.
01:36So there are parking spots that will be given to us, or space, then we'll put up the booths, right?
01:43Or a full store.
01:45For those that don't have parking, technically, it's guerrilla style, mobile, going around.
01:52At present, there are more than 20 Kadiwa Centers and Kiosks in Metro Manila,
01:57and 150 public and private choices in the National Capital Region.
02:01Secretary Laurel also announced that the price of rice under the Rice For All Program
02:06has dropped from Php 40 per kilogram to Php 38 per kilogram since January 17.
02:13From the Philippine Information Agency National Capital Region, Jumalyn Doctolero, Balitang Pambansa.
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