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                    [Title] => DA declares food security emergency to curb rising rice prices
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) has declared a food security emergency in response to the rising cost of rice, which has reached P50 to P60 per kilo.
                    [DatePublished] => 2025-02-03 18:24:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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                    [Title] => DA to gradually lower rice price cap on imported rice, eyeing P49 per kilo by March
                    [Summary] => Imported rice may be capped at P49 per kilo by March “if global prices remain stable,” the Department of Agriculture said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2025-01-24 18:17:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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                    [Title] => Chicken farmgate prices plunge to P80 per kilo, industry group reports
                    [Summary] => UBRA Chairman Emeritus Gregorio San Diego said that farmgate prices for whole chickens are below the estimated production costs of P105 to P110 per kilogram, leaving broiler producers with losses of around P25 to P30 per kilogram of chicken.
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                    [Title] => Retail fish prices rise by P160 per kilo after 'Kristine'
                    [Summary] => In the wake of Severe Tropical Storm 'Kristine' (international name: Trami), Metro Manila markets are seeing a surge in retail fish prices by as much as P160 per kilogram.
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That his chain has expanded to three types of restaurants – the original French Baker, the Salon de Te and the Lartizan, and more than 50 branches in the Philippines – is testimony that indeed he found that Midas touch.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1389504 [Title] => Black paella in Westgrove [Summary] =>

We were at such a market in the Westgrove community in Silang, Cavite one weekend and found regular tiangge sellers who we have met in other places such as in Alabang village.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324146 [Title] => Another one to visit [Summary] =>

Our research confirms that Poco Deli was initially envisioned by the owners to be a neighborhood deli, but apparently it has been so successful that a branch had to be established in Makati.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1266996 [Title] => No price increase this Christmas – agri group [Summary] =>

Two weeks before Christmas, the agriculture industry alliance SINAG (Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura) sees no reason for any significant increase in the prices of basic food and agriculture commodities as farm gate prices of food staples remain the same or have even decreased.

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We have divided our week into market research and desk work, unless something urgent or important comes up in between.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 400356 [Title] => Fruits and vegetables [Summary] => Are your eating enough of them? Sometime ago we found out that to stay really healthy, one needs to have five servings ... [DatePublished] => 2008-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => DA declares food security emergency to curb rising rice prices
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) has declared a food security emergency in response to the rising cost of rice, which has reached P50 to P60 per kilo.
                    [DatePublished] => 2025-02-03 18:24:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807868
                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2416585
                    [Title] => DA to gradually lower rice price cap on imported rice, eyeing P49 per kilo by March
                    [Summary] => Imported rice may be capped at P49 per kilo by March “if global prices remain stable,” the Department of Agriculture said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2025-01-24 18:17:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807868
                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [Title] => Chicken farmgate prices plunge to P80 per kilo, industry group reports
                    [Summary] => UBRA Chairman Emeritus Gregorio San Diego said that farmgate prices for whole chickens are below the estimated production costs of P105 to P110 per kilogram, leaving broiler producers with losses of around P25 to P30 per kilogram of chicken.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-11-04 13:59:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807868
                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/09/15/13-2_2024-09-15_22-33-24210_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2396394
                    [Title] => Retail fish prices rise by P160 per kilo after 'Kristine'
                    [Summary] => In the wake of Severe Tropical Storm 'Kristine' (international name: Trami), Metro Manila markets are seeing a surge in retail fish prices by as much as P160 per kilogram.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-10-30 14:57:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807868
                    [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/10/30/quezon-city-palengke-philippine-star_2024-10-30_12-58-23_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1394782
                    [Title] => A chat with Johnlu
                    [Summary] => 

That his chain has expanded to three types of restaurants – the original French Baker, the Salon de Te and the Lartizan, and more than 50 branches in the Philippines – is testimony that indeed he found that Midas touch.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1389504 [Title] => Black paella in Westgrove [Summary] =>

We were at such a market in the Westgrove community in Silang, Cavite one weekend and found regular tiangge sellers who we have met in other places such as in Alabang village.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324146 [Title] => Another one to visit [Summary] =>

Our research confirms that Poco Deli was initially envisioned by the owners to be a neighborhood deli, but apparently it has been so successful that a branch had to be established in Makati.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1266996 [Title] => No price increase this Christmas – agri group [Summary] =>

Two weeks before Christmas, the agriculture industry alliance SINAG (Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura) sees no reason for any significant increase in the prices of basic food and agriculture commodities as farm gate prices of food staples remain the same or have even decreased.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 654324 [Title] => Moving around, discovering [Summary] =>

We have divided our week into market research and desk work, unless something urgent or important comes up in between.

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