The third batch of Micro Rice Retailers in Nueva Vizcaya receive their assistance from the DSWD and DTI. At present, a total of 357 MRRs have been given assistance in the province for complying with the Mandatory Rice Price Ceiling. ( Photo Courtesy of DTI-Nueva Vizcaya )
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) distributed financial assistance to 41 micro rice retailers (MRRs) in this province.
Rowena Mayangat, acting DTI provincial director, said the beneficiaries were the third batch of MRRs given economic relief subsidy amounting to P15,000 each.
She said the subsidy was sourced through the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program to help MRRs cushion the impact of the Mandatory Rice Price Ceiling (MRPC) for more than a month.
Nueva Vizcaya Micro Rice Retailers show their Emergency Relief Subsidy given by the DSWD and DTI. The 41 MRRs are the third batch of rice retailers given assistance for comlying with the Mandatory Rice Price Ceiling. (Photo Courtesy of DTI-Nueva Vizcaya )
President Ferdinand Marcos,Jr. has already lifted the MRPC as embodied in its Executive Order No. 39.
“Please use this assistance in making your businesses grow. We thank you for your support and cooperation by complying with the EO No. 39,” Mayangat said.
She further encouraged the beneficiaries to always follow and comply with the Price Tag and Fair Trade Laws to help the national government stabilize the price of rice for the benefit of consumers, especially the poor.
At present, there are already 357 MRRs who were given ERS since the implementation of the MRPC or EO 39 last month. (BME/PIA NVizcaya)
