ARTICLE SERVICES            Reprint this article     Print this article       Send as an e-mail     Send Feedback       Post a comment       RELATED STORIES   Los Angeles passes ban on new fast-food outlets Soy reduces sperm count, Harvard study shows Arroyo to propose P1.4-trillion budget for 2009 GALLERY 1 2 3 Next   PROUD HARVEST. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, along with Jose Concepcion III, presidential consultant for entrepreneurship, receives samples of “Proud Harvest Canton Noodles” from Dr. Rogelio Colting, president of the Benguet State University, and Manila Congressman Amado Bagatsing Wednesday. The vegetable-based noodles will soon be sold in public markets and government-accredited stores between P34 and P40 per 250-gram pack, said Concepcion III. The noodles will be sold initially at P30 per 250-gram pack. Video taken by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia. ARROYO MARKET TOUR. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tours the Dagonoy Public Market in San Andres, Manila to promote the “Proud Harvest Canton Noodles,” which she helped launch Wednesday in answer to the food crisis plaguing the country. Video taken by online videographer Janie Christine Octia. NOODLES FROM VAT. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers a speech at the launching of the “Proud Harvest Canton Noodles” at the Dagonoy Public Market in San Andres, Manila Wednesday. Arroyo reiterates the importance of keeping the value added tax, saying that part of the funds used for the production of the vegetable-based noodles were taken from revenues generated by VAT. Video taken by online videographer Janie Christine Octia. Sharing scheme eyed in waste program SC watch: Text BKS to 2948 Groups fear landgrabbing in agri project DOE hits 97% village electrification Meralco rates lower by 8c/kWh this month Robust US-RP ties to remain under Obama PNP to clear general when money is back Pangandamans give side on brawl to NBI Virus in pigs may pose human risk PNP insists on rules of engagement More Stories » News Businessman shot dead in QC Virus in pigs may pose human risk Godless message posted on British buses Suspect is pusher, user--kin NTC transfers back to CICT German billionaire commits suicide US tycoon found dead in apparent suicide Boys’ lawyer drafted release order PDEA’s Marcelino a battle-scarred Marine Antipolo mayor dies News Brodetts vs Brodetts Trader shot, killed in front of his kids Suspect is pusher, user--kin Gonzalez: 3 boys’ lawyer unethical German billionaire commits suicide In praise of Magdalo men turned narcs ‘Alabang Boys’ supplied Embassy club Marcelino ‘principled,’ ‘incorruptible’ Months-old corpse found in Makati condo Quezon City cop faces dismissal This lawyer should be disbarred Only cops could have killed De Veras   News Most Read RSS Edward Teng Look for: Edward Teng Tel.No.: 716.5731 or 10 Mobile Phone: 0918.9040831 Email: edwardgteng@yahoo.com Express Regalo Free Stuffed Bear for every purchase of 1 Dozen Roses.

MANILA, Philippines -- In what she called was another product from the revenues of the value added tax (VAT), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched Wednesday vegetable-based noodles that would soon flood the market.

Made from squash, the “Proud Harvest Canton Noodles,” will offer “cheap and nutritious food,” especially for the poor, Arroyo said as she toured the Dagonoy Public Market in San Andres, Manila where the product was launched.

The noodles will be available in local markets and in government-owned “Tindahan Natin” outlets and will be sold between P34 and P40 per P250-gram pack or ¼ kilo of noodles, said Jose Concepcion III, presidential consultant for entrepreneurship.

Concepcion said introductory price was at P30.

“We are bringing to our people nutritious and affordable food … The VAT on oil was where the money was taken to produce this, which we are giving back to the people,” Arroyo said in Filipino.

This is the first commercial scale vegetable-enriched product of RFM Corp., Benguet State University (BSU), Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute and small scale processors under the BSU Benguet Vegetable Processing Center Project funded from a P10 million financial assistance from the President’s Social Fund.

Concepcion III said the President and some officials sampled the noodles in Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.

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