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VOL. XXXIX • NO. 142 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025
Affordable rice to stay—PBBM
Assures no income loss for farmers By Vince Lopez
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RESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. assured consumers that the P20 per kilo rice initiative is not merely a stop-gap measure, but a continuing program of his administration that is poised to be expanded further to include more public markets nationwide.
In a vlog released yesterday, the chief executive said the initiative, being rolled out through Kadiwa ng Pangulo outlets, is part of efforts to provide affordable food while bolstering the agriculture sector. “P20 rice is here to stay. It is achievable, it is sustainable. So look out
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Romualdez vows more funds for nat’l cold storage chain By Rio N. Araja REELECTED Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez yesterday vowed full support for President Marcos’ initiative to modernize and expand the country’s cold chain system, a critical infrastructure upgrade to improve the livelihood of fisherfolk nationwide. He made the commitment following the chief executive’s inspection of the General Santos Fish Port Complex, the hub of the nation’s tuna industry and a vital economic
driver in Mindanao. Romualdez underscored the need for Congress to pass measures to establish modern fish ports and cold storage facilities to improve the country’s fisheries industry. “The increase in fish ports and cold storage facilities would greatly help reduce transportation and production costs for our fishermen. They can count on the support of Congress to build more innovative and modern facilities,” he said. Next page
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‘Bising’ aka ‘Danas’ now a typhoon By Rio Araja, Rex Espiritu
IN BISING’S WAKE. Rains wrought by the country’s first typhoon, codenamed ‘Bising’, left photo, together with the Southwest Monsoon displaced several thousands, flooding areas as far Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental, top right, and dampened the open-air graduation rites at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. PAGASA, MDRRMO Governor Generoso, UP Diliman
Pope urges PH bishops to defend peace, human dignity By Ram Superable
“Be courageous in supporting the cause of the success of their plenary assembly in Bohol. peace and in promoting the intrinsic dignity His message, conveyed through Vatican SecPOPE Leo XIV called on Filipino bishops over of all people,” the pontiff said in his first mes- retary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was the weekend to be bold in defending peace and sage to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the read on Saturday (July 5) by Apostolic Nuncio Next page Philippines (CBCP), as he offered prayers for human dignity.
MPC, NUJP buck Palace bid to replace reporter
Japan to transfer used anti-sub destroyers to PH By Rex Espiritu
By Rex Espiritu THE Malacanang Press Corps and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) bucked the move of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) to exclude a broadcast reporter from covering the Palace for alleged breach of protocol. “While acknowledging that formal requests are preferable to demands and outright bans, NUJP backs the Malacañang Press Corps on the Presidential Communications Office’s (PCO) bid to replace reporters it has cited for breaking protocol and attempting to have an “ambush” interview with the President,” the NUJP said in a statement on Saturday.. According to the NUJP, the issue should be seen as an opportunity for the Malacañang to look into “why reporters would have to resort to ‘ambush’ interviews in the first place.” Next page
THE Japanese government is preparing to export six warships to the Philippines, according to Japanese media reports on Sunday. Next page
THE weather bureau on Sunday upgraded cyclone “Danas” (formerly “Bising”) as a typhoon, threatening Batanes and other parts of northern Luzon. In its 5 pm bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that Danas had moved out of the country’s area of responsibility and was accelerating northeastward towards Taiwan. PAGASA however has not ruled out the possibility of it re-entering the country either tonight or early Monday, but it is expected to exit immediately. The combined effects of rains induced by the southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical depression “Bising” have affected over 13,000 individuals, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday. According to the disaster agency, these figures represent 3,773 families across three regions in the country. Central Luzon was hit hardest, with 12,039 individuals affected or 3,413 families. In the same region, 23 areas remain submerged under floodNext page
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