Here are the prices of food and other commodities in Metro Manila as of Friday, Sept. 30. PriceWatch READ:
Officials in the northernmost province of Batanes on Thursday confirmed that there was an overproduction of local garlic, especially in this town, prompting Gov. Marilou Cayco to appeal to the public to buy the crop from farmers.
She said at least 24 metric tons of garlic were already bought by the Department of Agriculture from the Itbayat Garlic Production Association.After reducing electricity rates for two consecutive months, listed power distributor Manila Electric Co. on Thursday announced an increase of P0.3907 per kilowatt-hour for September.
National Statistician Dennis Mapa said in a briefing on Tuesday the easing was mainly due to a decreased pace in the rise of of transport cost—thanks to ebbing prices of diesel—as well as prices of food and nonalcoholic beverages, especially vegetables, meat and fish.
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