Category Archives: Agriculture

Agriculture, Government, Politics

Confirmed: Mar Roxas Offered A Position At Department Of Agriculture (Video)

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by Melchor Vergara

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – After months of speculation, rumor, and indignation from pro- Administration bloggers, The Adobo Chronicles can now confirm that the Opposition’s Mar Roxas will join the administration via an appointment to the Marcos- led Department of Agriculture.

The deal was sealed during Marcos’ visit to Capiz in connection with the government’s rice distribution program. A secret meeting was held between Marcos and Roxas, culminating in the former DILG chief’s appointment as DA national director of warehousing and chief kargador.

We have a video of the two men saying their goodbye’s after their unprecedented meeting:


Agriculture, National News

Marcos Signs New Land Reform Executive Order; Senator Cynthia Villar To Challenge It Before Supreme Court!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – On the 51st anniversary of his father’s declaration of Martial Law, President Bongbong Marcos signed a groundbreaking executive order that will ensure the Philippines’ agricultural growth.

The E.O. includes the re-conversion of subdivisions and high-rise condominium lands into sprawling rice paddies. Marcos said his vision is to bring about permanent rice self-sufficiency for the country, eliminating the need to import the staple commodity.

As expected, Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed fierce opposition to the new order. She said she will file a Senate bill voiding the E.O. and challenge it before the Supreme Court to protect her family’s investment in Camella homes and other real-estate projects.

Villar, as a trader herself, is also not happy that Marcos wants to totally eliminate rice importations.

Both supporters and critics of Marcos support the move.  After all, who needs a roof over their head when they can have rice in their belly?

Agriculture, Food, National News

RICE IMPORTATION: Fact-checking Rappler

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – An opinion piece published by Rappler, the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines, argues that (rice) importation is the wrong prescription for the disease that ails Philippine agriculture. It goes on to say that it is the only medicine that President Bongbong Marcos can think of to solve the country’s problem on rice supply and prices.

But where was Rappler when Republic Act No. 11203 was passed and signed by former President Rodrigo Duterte?

The law, authored by businesswoman and trader Senator Cynthia Villar, liberlizes the importation, exportation and trading of rice, lifting the import restriction on rice.

So why blame Marcos for the mess created before he became president?

And, in case Rappler editors and staff weren’t listening, Marcos is doing more than importing rice. He is is making sure that the government’s (NFA’s) buying price for palay will be fair and beneficial to the country’s farmers.

Oh, and did the investigative reporters of Rappler cover the distribution by the president of confiscated hoarded and smuggled rice to poor people in Mindanao?

We don’t think so. It doesn’t fit with their biased narrative.