MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Imee Marcos is calling for a Senate investigation of the soaring prices of local onions amid the recent flooding of its imported varieties and the reported rampant
In her Senate Resolution No. 350, Marcos, chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, disclosed that retail prices of onions have soared to as high as P400 per kilogram, while the price of domestically produced red onion in wet markets has also risen to as much as P200 to P220 per kg.
According to Marcos, the prevailing price of red onion is way above the suggested price of P170 a kilo, which the DA set through Administrative Circular No. 09. She explained that onion is one of the prime commodities regularly monitored by the DA to protect consumers against price irregularities in the local market.
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