Limited BBM Na! Program

May 28, 2025

The Benteng Bigas Meron Na! program aims to provide Php20/kl rice to 2 million households until Dec 2025. But its scrimped budget of Php4.5 billion can only provide for not even a million households, still leaving so many behind. Related: IBON hits limited BBM Na! program

IBON hits limited BBM Na! program

May 23, 2025

The BBM Na! program smacks of insincerity. It rations rice to poor households, scrimps on funding, and leaves out millions who also struggle to afford food.  This is far from the sweeping effort needed to make Php20 rice a reality and is just a public relations gimmick dressed up as policy.

Php20 rice, unli lies

April 27, 2025

COMMENTARY

The president is claiming to do something for hungry Filipinos that he promised long ago but hasn’t really done anything about since he took office.

Beyond rice price populism

September 5, 2023

The standalone rice price caps will not just be ultimately ineffective but might even backfire