00:00Local authorities have already started selling rice to the National Food Authority.
00:06Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the supply of NFA rice is sufficient for those who will choose to buy.
00:13The details are in the national news of Isaiah Mirafuentes of PDV Manila.
00:20Early in the morning, Tate Enselmo went to the driveway of San Juan City Hall.
00:25This is so that he can buy rice at a lower price but of good quality from the National Food Authority.
00:43Before this happened, he was buying rice for 60 pesos per kilo in the market.
00:49That's when he found out that there is 33 pesos worth of rice in their city hall.
00:53He immediately agreed.
00:55In San Juan City, the sale of NFA rice has just started today.
01:00This is after the city showed interest in selling NFA rice from the National Food Authority.
01:07For 1,650 pesos per sack or 50 kilos, local authorities can buy rice from the NFA.
01:15That's equivalent to 33 pesos per kilo.
01:19It can be sold by the LGU for up to 35 pesos per kilo.
01:23Today is the first day of its sale in San Juan City Hall.
01:26The rice was placed in the hallway of their municipality.
01:29And it was sold per sack.
01:32As of now, we are selling per sack.
01:35But we can adjust accordingly if there is a demand.
01:40Our initial 1,000 sacks are now fully allocated because we have pre-registered.
01:46Zamora also bought rice from the Metro Manila Council, which is owned by the city mayors of NCR.
01:51He hopes that the LGUs will not increase the minimum price of NFA rice.
01:56This program is also supported by the Department of Agriculture despite the high price of rice in the market.
02:03This is also a result of the declaration of the National Food Emergency on rice.
02:08The DA also promised that the rice supply will be sufficient from the National Food Authority.
02:14We have a lot of stocks in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Campanga, and Isabela.
02:22It is ready to ship here anytime.
02:25Our limitation is 150,000 sacks.
02:28That is the warehouse here in Venezuela.
02:31As it is depleted, it is going to be replenished.
02:34The DA believes that this program will be the reason to lower the price of rice in the markets.
02:41Meanwhile, because of the losses of rice in a Kadiwa store in Quezon City,
02:46the government is more committed to maintain rice.
02:50Aside from Metro Manila, it is also expected that cheaper rice will be sold in the provinces.
02:56Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, and Isabela are already in line here.
03:02From PTV, I'm Sanya Mirafuentes, Balitang Pambansa.
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