00:00Their interest in buying NFA rice made it public that there are a lot of LGUs in Camarines.
00:06This is in order to lower the price of rice in the market.
00:11Vanessa Nieva Paz of Radyo Pilipinas, Naga, has a national news report.
00:19The National Food Authority itself went down and contacted the local governments in Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte
00:27for the sale of NFA rice.
00:30In a statement of Radyo Pilipinas, Naga, NFA Camarines Sur OIC Manager Marvyn Malabanan said
00:36that they immediately took action after the Food Security Emergency of the Department of Agriculture was declared
00:43in order to stop the price of rice from rising in the market.
00:46We are giving them three days to inform us if they are interested or not,
00:51or how much they will buy, and then we will be giving them the MOA.
00:55And then they can pay so that the rice can be sold.
00:59As of now, a lot of LGUs have expressed their interest in buying rice from NFA.
01:05Marvyn explained that the 25,000 sacks of rice that were sold in Camarines Sur
01:11will be divided depending on the size of the population of a place.
01:16If NFA Camarines Sur insures that there is a sufficient stock of rice in their warehouses,
01:21that is why the people who will buy rice are just waiting for NFA rice to be available,
01:27especially since it is a big help to their daily expenses.
01:32Poor people, no one can afford to buy rice at a high price,
01:35so I will give you rice at a low price.
01:37Actually, that is what the people are hoping for, for the price to go down.
01:43These actions are one of the policies of the government,
01:48in accordance with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
01:51to give rice to the Filipinos as much as they can.
