MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) will look into the possibility of lifting the price ceiling on pork and chicken, Agriculture Secretary William Dar told senators Monday.
“We are going to study [‘yong] sa Price Act or yung price ceiling kung pwedeng ipahinto na, kung ire-recommend na kay president or not. Pagaaralan po namin,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a Senate hearing into rising food prices in the country.
(We are going to study the Price Act, or the price ceiling, if we can remove it already or if we will recommend it to the President or not. We will study that.)
Dar was answering a query by Senator Risa Hontiveros who asked whethe…
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