Deputy Speaker Eddie Villanueva said the government should strengthen its information dissemination on its policy of setting a lowered price cap on real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing in the country. Villanueva said the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Trade and Industry should make their messaging “unambiguous” and execute a “more vigorous information […]
Tag: price cap
“Pork and chicken have become luxury items.” This, according to Quezon City 6th District Councilor Bobby Castelo, is becoming a serious reality and no longer a joking matter, given the skyrocketing prices of both pork and chicken in Metro Manila. President Rodrigo Duterte recently issued Executive Order (EO) No. 124, imposing a 60-day price ceiling […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat appeals for a price cap on the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and antigen tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to enhance tourism revival, as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases relaxes travel restrictions in areas under general community quarantine. “The DOT […]