The government is “seriously considering” price ceilings for rice, pork and chicken as food prices remain elevated after a typhoon damaged crop output, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said.
A total of 444 persons were killed in the national government's anti-illegal drug campaign in one month, bringing the death toll at 4,854, according to government data released by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday.
A weaker typhoon "Paeng" (international name "Trami") may not have a significant impact over the Philippines, as the cyclone moves north toward the southern part of Japan.
President Duterte is preoccupied with efforts to curb the country's inflation, and not obsessed on the case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Malacañang said Wednesday.
Five in 10 Filipinos are undecided about whether or not they believe police’s claims that drug suspects were killed after they have resisted arrest, but more than 90% said it is important that drug suspects are captured alive.
