Tag page - onion price hike

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered inspections of onion cold storage facilities across the country to curb potential hoarding and price manipulation. Laurel announced on Monday, Feb. 24, that the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will take charge of these...

House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) inspects a rice warehouse in Bulacan (Speaker’s office)             House Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed to Filipino consumers on Sunday, Aug. 27 that the absurd onion price surge late last year won't happen to rice. ...

Red onions (File photo/ Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)           A Department of Agriculture (DA) official has assured congressmen that onion prices will have a ceiling of P170 per kilo in December, but only after he was threatened with sanction if ever "history repeats...

With the skyrocketing price of onions taking a toll on consumers, various government functionaries are dipping their hands into the crisis in a bid to address the problem. The Office of the Ombudsman recently announced it is investigating the issue, while the Senate recently conducted an inquiry...

Senator Imee Marcos has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to tap a neglected source of funding to increase the supply of onions that could be sold at P170 per kilo in Kadiwa outlets and rolling stores before the New Year. This, after Marcos called "pointless" the DA’s plan to raise the...