BALANGA CITY —- Some 50 meat sellers at the city public market staged a “pork holiday” on Friday to protest the government-imposed price ceiling on pork.
Juan Ortiz, a pork vendor, said he usually buys pork at the farm gate price of P255.
“So how can we sell pork at P270 per kilo in the market?” he asked in an interview with the Inquirer.
Last month, President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 124 that set price ceilings of P270 a kilo for “kasim/pigue” and P300 per kilo for “liempo,” and P160 a kilo for dressed chicken against the current rates of P440 and P200, respectively, in public markets.
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