Rice was sold at P10 a kilo at the Bigasan ng Bayan in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson paid the balance of P15 per kilo on the rice that would otherwise sell at P 25 a kilo.
He said 450 Pulupandan residents were able to buy 5-kilo packs of rice each at the subsidized rate.*