MANILA, Philippines: Farmers in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur are now earning double as the price of palay or unhusked rice went up under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s 'Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) program, raising hopes of turning the municipality from a war zone to a rice-producing area, an official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said.