00:00An estimated 4 million individuals or roughly 800,000 households are expected to benefit from the 20 pesos rice program across regions 6, 7, and 8.
00:12Local government units or LGUs have expressed intent to purchase NFA rice under the food security emergency on rice option who will be prioritizing the rollout.
00:24The program will also extend to Metro Manila through the Kadiwa ng Pangulo Initiative.
00:30Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture or DA is currently studying the possibility of expanding the program beyond the initially allocated 370,000 metric tons of NFA rice.
00:43For tomorrow, sa Cebu ay all systems go tayo para sa official loans nitong ating programa para sa 20 pesos na bigas.
00:55Ito yung ating 20 bigas, meron na. Ito yung official title ng ating programa at makakaasa yung ating mga kababayan na magsisimula na tayo.
01:05Pero tatalima tayo ang ating kagawaran sa mga tagubili ng ating COMELEC at inasaan nga natin ngayong araw magkakaroon tayo ng clarification.
