As the harvest season rolls around, a possible drop in the prices of onions is expected next month, an agriculture group disclosed on Monday, January 9. Onions (Jel Santos/Manila Bulletin) In a radio interview, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) President Rosendo So explained that if the...
Authorities have intercepted a container van loaded with allegedly undeclared onions and carrots with an estimated worth of P7,860,300 in Tondo, Manila. Photo: PCG In a statement Friday, Jan. 7, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the undeclared agricultural products were seized during a...
Militant congressmen are calling on the Committee on Agriculture and Food to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on what they described as the "potential overpricing and price manipulation of onions in the market". (Unsplash) Makabayan bloc members ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro,...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda would rather look a the bright side amid the Philippines' rather depressing 8.1 percent inflation rate for December 2022, which pushes the whole year average to 5.8 percent. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “There is good reason to believe that...
Admitting that the price of onion in the country has gotten “out of control,” the Department of Agriculture (DA) said importation of onion is the only solution to lower its skyrocketing prices in markets. Onions (Jel Santos/Manila Bulletin) “Kung hindi ho masawata itong pagtaas ng presyo na...
Memes aren't supposed to bring tears to one's eyes, even if they're about onions. (Rowena Guanzon's Twitter) That said, P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon appears to be having fun with memes about onions, which are worth their weight in gold these days. Guanzon shared on Twitter two such memes...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro doesn't think that implementing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions can solve the outrageous price surge for the produce. "Imposing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions is at best a band aid solution to the exceedingly high prices of onions in the...
The Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) price monitoring and enforcement teams now include red onions in their regular inspection of items covered by the suggested retail prices (SRP). DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual fielded the agency's price monitoring teams beginning on Dec. 30, 2022 to...
Can this House bill (HB) filed at the beginning of the 19th Congress be able to address the current runaway prices of onion? (Unsplash) Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Suansing authored HB No.1379, or the proposed Act creating the Philippine Onion Research Institute. Suansing filed the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government is trying to find ways to bring seized smuggled onions to the market in an attempt to resolve the supply problem in the country. Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro seize two containers of smuggled onions -...
Another increase on the suggested retail price (SRP) of red onions is expected before the year ends as the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed to raise it from ₱170 to P250 per kilo starting Dec. 30. Onions (Photos courtesy of Pixabay) In an interview, DA Assistant Secretary Kristine...
The the increase in prices of red onions, which hit P500 per kilo during Christmas week, continue to make consumers suffer amid the holidays. Onions (Photos courtesy of Pixabay) To lessen their struggles, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now looking into motr interventions in the supply chain...
