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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set the price of National Food Authority (NFA) rice at P35 per kilo, lower than the initial estimate of P38 per kilo, as part of the government’s response to the declared food security emergency. The NFA will release at least 150,000 metric tons of rice—half of its 300,000 metric-ton […]
COVID-19 swab test prices “are not written in stone” and the rules in determining them call on the government to order price cuts whenever market conditions warrant, Senator Joel Villanueva appealed. “Hindi po forever ang itinakdang presyo para sa RT-PCR test,” said the chair of the Senate committee on labor and employment, referring to the […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan calls on the government, particularly the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to immediately intervene in the looming increase in prices of bread products as millions of Filipinos are still reeling from the catastrophic effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the recent devastation brought by Typhoon Odette in the regions. Pangilinan […]