Cheap Rice Reaches Pasig City: Locals Reflect on Marcos Promise

Cheap rice reaches Pasig City: Locals reflect on Marcos promise

MANILA, Philippines – In his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reaffirmed his 2022 presidential campaign promise to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo. “Napatunayan natin na kaya na natin ang P20 bawat kilo ng bigas nang hindi nalulugi ang mga magsasaka,” Marcos said in his SONA on Monday, July 28. (We have proven that we can [distribute] P20 per kilo of rice without putting farmers at a disadvantage.…

Promise vs. Progress: How the Marcos admin fared since SONA 2024

PRESIDENT FERDINAND Marcos, Jr. delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, a speech that zeroed in on issues affecting ordinary Filipinos, rather than on macro-level policies. As Marcos enters the second half of his presidency, The Flame enumerates the promises and goals he laid out in his SONA last year […] The post Promise vs. Progress: How the Marcos admin fared since SONA 2024 appeared first on The Flame.