BBM struggles to grant promised rice price

ANGEL CLARISSE A. GARCIA

Are all promises made to be broken?

This question has been lingering around as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has not yet realized the promised 20 pesos price of rice to the citizens of the Philippines after sitting on the presidential chair for nine months.

THE PROMISE

The president promised that he would decrease the price of rice to 20 pesos during his election campaign.

This plan is ongoing, but at the moment, Marcos’ plan only applies to the Kadiwa markets, which sell rice at 25 pesos per kilo which is still 5 pesos higher compared to the promised price.

In order to help Filipinos cope with the effects of rising food costs and to boost the revenue of local farmers, fisherfolk, and small businesses, the president established the “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” program to supply fresh and reasonably priced agricultural and fisheries products to all Filipinos.

The Reality

However, this has yet to take effect in markets not included in the Kadiwa program.

For instance, in the past few months, prices in Siocon have stayed consistent.

The current lowest price for rice in Siocon is 36 pesos per kilo, whereas the highest price is 50 pesos per kilo.

Nevertheless, President Marcos said that the Kadiwa