Price hikes on goods loom, fuel cost increases set


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Filipinos must brace for more price increases this month as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it has received a notice of price adjustment from manufacturers of canned sardines, meatloaf, and corned beef, coffee, and soap. EGGS DEBATE. A consumer goes about buying the family’s supply of eggs at a Marikina market, unmindful that the commodity has stirred quite a debate between the Department of Agriculture which says bird flu has raised the retail prices while the Philippine Egg Board Association which asserts that the market prices are “too much” considering that the farmgate rates range only between...