The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has deployed a monitoring team to verify compliance with the price freeze in supermarkets and grocery stores in Metro Manila, which are declared under state of calamity. Trade Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said that the DTI has implemented a 60-day price...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has reiterated the need for Congress to pass measure that makes it easier and quicker for the government to prevent undue hikes in the prices of food and other essential goods during...
Photo from Pixabay In response to the widespread devastation caused by typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon (habagat), the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday, July 26 a price freeze on certain medicines in some of the affected areas. DOH released the list of medicines that will be...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has implemented a price freeze on essential commodities in Metro Manila after the state of calamity was declared due to Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon. Trade Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said on Wednesday, July 24, that the immediate...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Negros Occidental recently visited the town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental to ensure the stable prices of basic necessities while it is under a state of calamity due to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. ENGIEMAR Tupas,...
Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB Photo) Citing the burden that the El Niño phenomenon or worsened drought has had on Filipinos, Senator Francis ''Tol' Tolentino has stressed the need for a national declaration of a state of calamity to activate...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. received no recommendation to impose a price ceiling on the runaway costs of onions late last year. This, after the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) failed to...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A price freeze has been implemented for basic commodities after this province was placed under a state of calamity due to typhoon “Egay.” The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Cagayan Consumer Protection Division said that the price freeze automatically applies...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sternly warned establishments against violating the price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) that took effect in areas affected by Typhoon "Egay". DTI S ecretary Alfredo E. Pascual reminded business establishments that the price...
Price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities is in effect in several areas in the country affected by the incessant rains, resulting in the declaration of state of calamities (SOC), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced. The areas covered in the price freeze are located in...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday, August 1, that it will assist the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the implementation of a price freeze for basic commodities in Abra province after it was rocked by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake and placed under a state of calamity last week....
The national government must enforce a price freeze on essential goods in areas declared to be under a state of calamity in the wake of the magnitude 7 earthquake that shook northern Luzon on Wednesday. (Eduardo Soares/ Unsplash) Thus, said Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu who cited a provision...
