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00:00 Rice is life for many Filipinos. But how come some people stopped selling rice because of the price cap and the high price of others?

00:09 The Department of Health is trying alternatives to rice.

00:13 And this is the first news of Nico Wahe.

00:16 You're allowed to eat without rice.

00:23 Oh my God, this is for my body. No.

00:25 I can't do it.

00:28 Rice is really different. No.

00:30 Of course, rice is needed for a person to get full.

00:34 We know that not all Filipinos can eat without rice.

00:39 Eating without rice is not enough.

00:41 But for the poor who have high prices of rice, it's time to find an alternative.

00:47 DOH Undersecretary Eric Tayag said that it's possible.

00:52 We can have a rotation in our basic food requirements.

00:59 This has been proven for a long time.

01:05 For example, we have fellow Filipinos who are used to eating other foods other than rice.

01:16 For example, we have sweet potatoes, corn, and other cheap foods.

01:24 But the question is, is it really cheaper to replace rice?

01:28 Here in Mega Q Mart, we only saw one cheaper option.

01:33 That's the banana salad for Php 40 per kilo.

01:36 The corn is Php 80 per kilo.

01:39 The same goes for the sweet potatoes.

01:40 The potatoes are Php 140 per kilo.

01:45 Christian can't replace rice with anything.

01:49 There's nothing to replace rice.

01:51 Rice is life.

01:54 He tried it once when he was on a diet.

01:57 I'm just pretentious.

02:01 The filling of rice is different.

02:03 What about the sweet potatoes?

02:05 It's satisfying, but I'd have to eat 4 kilos first.

02:10 Rice is different.

02:11 Carlo can do it.

02:14 He can do it with any food, as long as it's meat.

02:16 According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,

02:19 rice is one of the biggest reasons for the increase in the price of goods in August.

02:24 It increased by 8.7 percent.

02:26 The inflation rate is at 5.3 percent, which is the fastest increase in the price of goods in August.

02:31 It also slowed down the increase in the prices of goods and services from January to July.

02:37 According to Undersecretary Tayag,

02:40 it's not because of the high prices that we're short of food.

02:43 This is the first news for GMA Integrated News.

02:48 (Continues in Tagalog)

03:01 [BLANK_AUDIO]

DOH: Kamote at mais, ilan sa puwedeng pamalit sa kanin habang mataas ang presyo ng bigas | UB

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