D.A., maglalabas ng guidelines sa pagbili ng P29/kg na bigas
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00:00The government is now able to buy 29 pesos per kilo of rice from Kadiwa Stores in the vulnerable sector.
00:07Even though it is old, the quality is still good.
00:10This is Ula Tecle, Zelle Pardilia.
00:13Despite the long and hot line,
00:16Ana and her daughter, who has a cousin,
00:20were able to buy rice worth 29 pesos from Kadiwa Stores.
00:24The money that I save
00:29is for my daughter's medicine.
00:32Because now, the rice costs 56-57 pesos.
00:39With 29 pesos,
00:42I can save up to 20 pesos
00:48when I buy rice here.
00:50I can save up to 3 pieces of my medicine
00:53because one piece costs 23 pesos.
00:55Under the Bigas 29 program,
00:58only the elderly, the elderly,
01:01the four-piece beneficiary, and the solo parent
01:04can buy up to 29 pesos of rice per kilo.
01:08The ID and authorization letter must be shown
01:12if the person is being represented.
01:14Sometimes, people borrow IDs from outside
01:19so that they can buy rice.
01:21But another problem now
01:23is the repetition of those who were able to buy rice.
01:27You can buy up to 3 kilos
01:30up to 10 kilos within a month.
01:32Ms. Salvation was able to buy rice last Tuesday
01:36and we were able to count three times today.
01:40How many kilos did you get last Tuesday?
01:4615.
01:48We eat a lot.
01:51We are a family of seven.
01:53So if you're going to count three kilos,
01:56it's not enough.
01:57The name is listed,
02:00but due to the large number of people every day,
02:02it's hard to talk about the repetition.
02:05We're just saying that before they repeat,
02:08you should be able to get all the people in line.
02:11The Department of Agriculture is asking for help.
02:15We are fighting for our fellow countrymen.
02:19So we want to reach as many members of our vulnerable sectors.
02:25So if some of them double,
02:27it will deprive other families of the same cheaper rice.
02:34It's not designed to replace their needs
02:38within a month.
02:40But to help reduce their expenses.
02:45The DA will issue guidelines on how to buy rice
02:50before the nationwide rollout of the Bigas 29 program starts.
02:54It will be distributed outside the Kadiwa store.
02:57For now, the Discount Booklet is being looked at
03:00as a requirement for buying rice.
03:03You have a card to see if you have purchased
03:07and that has signatures.
03:09Based on our experience,
03:10there are people who line up and buy again.
03:14Then they sell it.
03:15So we don't want to repeat that kind of experience
03:18that we had before.
03:20The target of the Bigas 29 program
03:22is to reach 30 million in the vulnerable sector,
03:26or 3 in every 10 Filipinos.
03:30More than 60,000 metric tons of rice
03:33are needed for supply every month.
03:36It will benefit the elderly
03:39but the quality of the rice is still good
03:40as it is a buffer stock of the National Food Authority.
03:43The DA also promised to buy cheap rice
03:47that is not part of the vulnerable sector.
03:50The price of rice is expected to drop to Php 7
03:54when the lower tariff on imported rice is implemented.
03:59Kalei Zalpordilia for Pambansang TV
04:03in Bagong, Pilipinas.