The Department of Agriculture (DA) will hold a special rollout of the government’s P20 per kilo rice project, regardless of social status, for Negros Island Region (NIR) provinces on Saturday, September 13.

Alejandro Rafal, DA-NIR’s Regional Technical Director for Operations officer-in-charge, told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that the special rollout will be held simultaneously in the provinces of Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and Siquijor.

For Negros Oriental, the National Food Authority committed 150 bags of rice containing 50 kilos each Rafal said.

“This is open to everybody with no special or vulnerable sectors specifically identified to benefit from the activity. Each person can purchase up to 10 kilos of the government-subsidized rice,” he said.

The activity will be held starting at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday at the gymnasium of the Negros Oriental State University in capital Dumaguete City.

It will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with buyers asked to bring valid government identification.

The special rollout is part of the Handog ng Pangulo (Gift of the President) program, a one-day caravan of government services on September 13, coinciding with the 68th birthday of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. (PNA)