President Marcos visits Cebu, meets with Gwen, 2 other governors
President is in Cebufor the implementation of the P20 per kilo rice program
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is seen at the Cebu Capitol where he met with 3 governors. | Contributed photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. visited Cebu province on Wednesday, April 23.
Marcos met with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and other governors of Region 6 and 8 at the Provincial Capitol on Wednesday morning.
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The President held a closed-door meeting that ended at past 1:00 p.m.The discussion revolved around the implementation of the president’s “P20 program” in the said regions starting next week.
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Through this program, the national government will begin to sell rice at P20 per kilo within the three regions starting next week while a nationwide expansion will follow.
Before the meeting officially concluded, Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel Jr. announced these plans to members of the local media.
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