“Meanwhile, less funds go to the basics: health, education, infrastructure. What a country!”
I found it funny that after “raids” by the BoC and the HoR leadership, the former gave the traders until 15 September to produce evidence that those stocks were legally imported, or smuggled; Up to now, no one has been reported charged with economic sabotage or price manipulation, especially in onions, except one dummy who the House detained the other day.There are many industry players, big and small, some specializing only in their respective provinces and regions.
Look at DA’s Bureau of Plant Industry, or the Philippine International Trading Corporation, and of course, the Bureau of Customs.With the massive rains and floods, and the clouds covering the sun, our palay farmers know that the yield per hectare will be lower, and the grains of inferior quality.
Some could have mixed even the sweepings with their 25 percent brokens just to have a few kilos labelled regular milled at P41 per kilo.In August 2022, food inflation was lower at 6.5 percent. Along with weekly oil price increases, inflation rose to 5.3 percent, up from 4.7 percent in July when our economic managers were telling us the worst is over.
And the biggest ayuda of them all: pork barrel for legislators so they earn from their favored contractors, or as many have done, be the contractors themselves.The Comelec has announced almost 1.2 million candidates filed their CoCs for the upcoming barangay and SK elections come October 30.