Manila, April 16 -- Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III on Thursday said the proposed KALINGA Act includes measures to stabilize food supply and logistics costs.

Dy and House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos filed House Bill No. 8834, establishing the KALINGA Program or the Komprehensibong Alalay sa Livelihood, Inflation, Negosyo, and Goods Assistance.

Section 8 of the bill establishes the Essential Goods and Logistics Stabilization Component, providing support for transport and distribution of essential goods, buffer stocking, shipping and inter-island logistics support, cold chain systems, and priority fuel allocation for food supply chains.

Dy explained that this component is crucial in controlling food inflation, as ...