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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday dispelled any doubts about the sustainability of his Benteng Bigas Meron Na program that offers quality rice at P20 per kilo to the country\u2019s vulnerable sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMarami pa rin ang nagdududa kung paano masu-sustain o patatagalin itong 20 peso rice na ito. \u2018May stock ba tayo ng bigas? Kaya ba ito bayaran ng gobyerno?\u201d the President said in a video posted on his Youtube channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMasu-sustain po natin \u2018yan basta nagtutulungan ang lahat. Ang sisiguruhin natin ay hindi mawawalan ng abot-kayang bigas ang ating mga kababayan,\u201d the President stressed in his \u201cBBMVLOG #270: Mga Pagbabago\u201d posted on his Youtube channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The government has rolled out the Benteng Bigas Meron Na program nationwide, selling rice at P20 per kilo in Kadiwa ng Pangulo outlets to members of vulnerable sectors, including 4Ps beneficiaries, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and solo parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The program fulfills President Marcos\u2019 commitment to make the staple food more affordable and ease the financial burden of the poor while ensuring support for farmers to sustain their rice production.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the vlog, the President listened to the feedback from some beneficiaries who were able to better feed their families because of the affordable rice.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNapakalaking bagay po nito lalo na po sa mga mahihirap po nating mga kababayan. Ang 20 pesos po ay malaking bagay. Kami ay sobra-sobra po talagang nagagalak,\u201d one woman said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another woman said: \u201cMasyadong masaya ako kasi maraming nangarap niyan. Malaking bagay po \u2018yan.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPinaparating ko po \u2018yung aking buong-pusong pasasalamat sa ganitong programa na inyo pong itinayo,\u201d a third woman said, referring to President Marcos.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday dispelled any doubts about the sustainability of his Benteng Bigas Meron Na program that offers quality rice at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14349,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions\/14349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}