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  • 9/19/2023
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00:00 A thousand sacks of smuggled rice were distributed in Zamboanga City.
00:04 The President also answered the question if the price of rice could still be 20 pesos.
00:10 Efren Mamac of GMA Regional TV, One Mindanao was on the spot.
00:15 Is the price of rice still 20 pesos?
00:20 That is the answer of President Bongbong Marcos to the questions of the reporters in Zamboanga City.
00:25 It is a chance if we can fix our production.
00:30 We can fix it, we don't want to increase the price.
00:33 The help we are giving to the farmers, they can use it.
00:40 But if we can lower the production cost, the price of rice will also be lowered.
00:47 In high yields, even if we can balance the price.
00:52 The President said that in the middle of distributing free rice to the 3,000 poor families in Zamboanga City.
00:59 When President Bongbong Marcos was speaking, the government was moving to improve agriculture.
01:05 You know, what I put first in everything the government does, I put agriculture first.
01:13 So if we want to have enough food for the whole Philippines, we need to be able to buy.
01:23 And not too expensive, our countrymen can buy.
01:30 According to DSWD9, the rice given was from the smuggled rice harvested in Zamboanga City that reached more than 42,000 sacks.
01:40 According to PBBM, they will strictly monitor the entry of smuggled rice that affects the supply and price of rice in the country.
01:48 We need to strictly monitor the illegal imported or smuggled rice.
01:57 Because what is happening is, these smuggled rice, the owner of it, they will not buy it.
02:05 They will wait, they will restrict the supply until the price rises.
02:09 Rice was also given to Cebuco, Zamboanga del Norte and Tungawan in Zamboanga, Cebucai.
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02:38 [Music]

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