Home News Top NewsNewsTop NewsGrocery bag reflects inflation: Prices up 11%By Elijah Felice Rosales ? August 13, 2018In Photo: Rows of various products are seen in a supermarket in Makati City. A consumer group claimed prices of 93 basic commodities, including processed milk and canned meat, increased by as much as 11 percent since January.PRICES […]
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Consumer group says 70% of SRP goods rose in price this yearAugust 13, 2018 | 9:41 pmFacebookTwitterLinkedIn Font SizeA A AA MAN doing his grocery shopping ? BW FILE PHOTOA CONSUMER rights advocacy group said around 70% of basic goods and prime commodities, mostly canned goods, have posted price increases since January to adjust to […]
Prices of SRP-listed goods rise as high as 133 percentBy BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILATPrices of basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPC) listed under the expanded SRP (suggested retail prices) have increased by an unconscionable 133 percent, according to a study by a consumer advocacy group.Using data from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Laban Konsyumer, […]
MB LogoPrice hike moratorium on items under E SRP pushedPublished August 12, 2018, 10:00 PMBy Bernie Cahiles-MagkilatAmidst the skyrocketing inflation, hitting another high of 5.7 percent in July, consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. has called for a moratorium on any price increases on items listed in the E SRP (expanded suggested retail price) until the […]
Lawmakers wary of food tariff cutsposted August 10, 2018 at 01:30 ambyMacon Ramos-Araneta and Jimbo GulleSenators have misgivings on lowering the tariffs on imported fish, vegetables, meat and other food products as a mitigating measure to curb the impact of inflation, saying it might hurt workers in the agricultural sector.?It will reduce prices definitely, but […]
August 8, 2018Director Ronnel O. Abrenica DTI CPG CPAB/NPCC SecretariatSIr: Amidst the latest inflation of 5.7 % in July , our group proposes the following meaures :1. Implement moratorium on any price increases ?n items listed in the ? SRP until the end of the first quarter of 2019. In 2 weeks? time , we […]
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August 6, 2018Committee on Trade, Commerce & EntrepreneurshipCommittee on Health and DemographyCommittee on Ways and MeansSenate of the PhilippinesPasay CitySubject: SB No. 1582 creating the Drug Price Regulatory BoardAttn.: Committee Secretary- Atty. Jingle Concon-AllamSir/Madam:The Laban Konsyumer Inc. fully supports the objectives, rational and timely enactment into law of SB No. 1582 creating the Drug Price […]
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