Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has welcomed the move of the Department of Agriculture to impose a suggested retail price for onions to protect consumers from profiteers and price manipulators.
Marikina City Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo on Wednesday identified the potential players that could have colluded to manipulate the price of onions, which surged to P700 per kilo late last year.
Former Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said smugglers must be penalized by forcing them to eat the onions they smuggled within 30 days.
Senator Risa Hontiveros is concerned that local onion farmers are not receiving a fair farm gate price amid the shortage of cold storage facilities.
The Department of Agriculture again committed to speed up the movement of agricultural and fishery goods and stabilize supply and prices in Metro Manila.
Onions have become crazy expensive in the country. Even Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is completely shocked by the exorbitant prices of onions.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has raised the issue of the lack of cold chain facilities affecting the country’s onion supply and prices.
Like many Filipinos, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is worried about the surging prices of onions in the country.
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has ventured into seaweed farming, joking that he wanted to earn money to afford the high priced onions in the country.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday it has approved the importation of 21,060 metric tons of fresh yellow and red onions.
