Manila, Feb. 28 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. remains committed to addressing the rising prices of food commodities, particularly rice, Malacanang said on Friday.

In an interview with dzBB, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Marcos is currently looking into the possible root cause of the sudden spike in rice prices.

"Sa food security, tinututukan iyan ng Pangulo. At inaalam din kung saan ba dapat ang magandang paraan para ito ay ma-lessen kung may problema man diyan. 'Yun naman ang laging ginagawa ng Pangulo (In food security, the President is focusing on that. And he is also figuring out the best way to alleviate it, if there is a problem there. That is what the Presiden...