{"id":11280,"date":"2023-11-28T14:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=11280"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:19:22","slug":"cebu-begins-sale-of-%e2%82%b120-per-kilo-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/cebu-begins-sale-of-%e2%82%b120-per-kilo-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Cebu begins sale of \u20b120 per kilo rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jcr_content.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jcr_content.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jcr_content-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jcr_content-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cebu (CNN Philippines, November 28)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Cebuanos can now purchase rice for \u20b120 per kilo as the provincial government launched the Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) pop up stores on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of rice of the National Food Authority (NFA) will be subsidized by the provincial government with an\u00a0initial budget\u00a0of \u20b1100 million for its first tranche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cebu Gov. 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