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Rice retailers worry about losses due to price ceiling
Rice retailers worry about losses due to price ceiling
Jervis Manahan,
ABS-CBN News
Published Sep 04, 2023 08:11 PM PHT
A worker from a rice dealer in Mega Q-Mart in Cubao, Quezon City, arranges the store's supply of different rice varieties, including "Denorado" rice, which is marked with a P60 price tag on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA - Rice retailers are worried that they will incur large losses once the rice price ceiling is implemented on Tuesday, September 5.
At the Commonwealth Market, Aldrian Flores said he might have to close his rice stall if he will be forced to follow the measure.
"Ang hirap niyan kasi lugi ka na, magbebenta ka pa. Mapapagod ka pa. Dapat po non, unahin nila yung kinukuhanan namin, na doon muna magbaba para yung price na gustong mangyari, matupad po," he said.
Alfonso Flores, another retailer, said the measure will mean they will lose the small amount they earn daily.
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"Kasi dapat po ang kinikita namin kadalasan, isang libo o 1,500. Kapag pinatupad po yun, binaba presyo namin, malaki magiging diperensya, mawawala po kita namin, malulugi," he said.
The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) says that while the price ceiling has good intentions, the government must give enough time so retailers will be able to sell their older stocks first.
"We're hoping na yung gobyerno maka-adjust siya ngayon na pagbigyan naman na maubos ng mga retailers ang stocks nila sa mas mataas presyo nakuha siguro another week, pero after that, kailangang masuportahan ang price ceiling para makinabang ang ating mga magsasaka at mamimili," said Jayson Cainglet of SINAG.
Executive Order 39 mandates regular milled rice to be sold at P41 pesos and well milled rice at P45.
MANILA – Medical assistance to indigents and poor families may be accessible in eGov app, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday.
The "super app," part of the e-Gov PH system launched in December 2022, makes it convenient for the public to access government services and information online in both the local and national level.
“Ngayon, dito sa eGov app, yung ating medical assistance for indigents and financially incapacitated patients, yan ang gagawin nating madali para sa tao,” said Health Undersecretary Emmie Liza Chiong.
The official noted app users should have a Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID to prove they are Filipino.
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She assured the public that data shared or stored on the app would be safe, but urged the public to change their passwords often.
Other DOH services available on the app include prices of medicine – which the official said they regularly post – and licensing and regulatory options for different health facilities.
“Ito yung pagre-renew o license to operate ng iba’t ibang health facility...pwede online...Kung ikaw ay ospital, definitely you want to keep what you started. Bihira ang ospital na mag-downgrade. Ang problem now, kulang ang mga health workers natin,” she said.
“Kami sa DOH ayaw namin mag-downgrade, madali sana ang access ‘pag online lang – renewal lang eh. So wala kang binago, at ang services mo intact,” she said.
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