Manila, Feb. 28 -- The goal of bringing down the price of rice to PHP20 per kg. is still achievable, Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Vicente Sotto III said Friday.

In a media interview at Hotel Savano in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, Sotto said the plan is still feasible, if the government procures at least 50 percent of the total output of local farmers.

"Malaki ang posibilidad na pwede doon sa proposal naming 50 percent na output ng mga magsasaka, bibilhin mo at their price. Malaki ang possibility na talagang bumaba (There is a high possibility, with our proposal to purchase 50 percent of the farmers' output at their price. There is a high possibility that it will actually go down)," the former Senate preside...