Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and Industry identified the rice retailers who will be provided with a maximum of P15,000 subsidy, a one-time assistance due to the rice price cap that affects small rice retailers.

Initial identified small rice retailers in Iloilo City, Bacolod City, and Negros Occidental are set to receive their subsidy on September 13 while Aklan, Antique, Guimaras and Capiz are set on September 14.

In Roxas City, at least 31 qualified rice retailers will receive their respective government subsidy on Sept. 14 for complying with the rice price cap as stipulated in Executive Order No. 39 of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. These include the 29 rice retailers from Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center (TACT) and two others from a public market along Burgos Street, all in this city.

It may be recalled that the Roxas City Cereals Retailers Association (RCCRA) based at the TATC was among the first to announce and comply with the EO No. 39 in the region after a series of consultations and dialogue with the rice retailers of the DTI, Department Agriculture, and local governments.

Asas noted Capiz vice-governor and Grains Retailers' Confederation of the Philippines Inc. (GRECON) president Jaime Magbanua has helped a lot in the decision of the rice retailers.

The EO puts the price of regular milled rice at P41.00 per kilo and well-milled rice at P45.00 each kilogram.