00:00The National Food Authority in Bicol Region assured that there is a sufficient supply of NFA rice in their warehouses
00:07to lower the price of rice for their families.
00:10Gary Carillo, for Radyo Pilipinas Almay, for Balitang Pambansang.
00:17The Department of Agriculture confirmed that the National Food Authority in Bicol Region received 38,600 sacks of rice.
00:26This is in accordance with the declaration of the Food Security Emergency of the Department of Agriculture
00:30to lower the price of rice in the market.
00:33In Cam Sur, there is an allocation of 25,000 sacks.
00:37In Cam Norte, there are 10,000 sacks.
00:40In Sabon, there are 2,800 sacks.
00:43And in Masbate, there are 800 sacks.
00:45A total of 38,600 sacks.
00:48In one sack, there are 50 kilos that can be bought by LG in NFA.
00:54These rice will be sold to local governments and government-owned and controlled corporations, or GOCCS,
01:02at a price of 38 pesos per kilo.
01:04This is also part of the government's effort to maintain a sufficient supply of rice in Bicol Region.
01:11LG will buy the rice from NFA,
01:16then they are going to sell it or distribute it to their constituents
01:21so that the price of rice will be low and the price will be cooled down.
01:28At present, there are more than 30,000 sacks of rice
01:32while more than 472,000 sacks of rice have been imported to NFA warehouses in Bicol Region.
01:40From Radyo Pilipinas, Albay, Gary Carl Carillo for Balitang Pambansa.
