MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City local government will waive the rental fees of meat retailers in public markets who are unable to sell pork products due to President Rodrigo Duterte’s price cap order amid the steep production cost of meat products, as well as transportation.
“We have decided to waive their rental fees to help them cope with the current crisis, and we enjoin our private markets to do the same,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said as she and representatives of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) inspected pork prices in Commonwealth Market and Mega Q Mart on Tuesday.
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