Malacañang Palace Appeals to Vendors to Resume Selling Pork at the Markets After They Went on “Pork Holiday” at the First Day of Price Ceiling
The Malacañang Palace appealed to the vendors who went on “pork holiday” to resume selling pork products at the markets.
On Monday (February 8, 2021), presidential spokesperson Harry Roque asked the vendors in Metro Manila who went on “pork holiday” to resume operations. The vendors stopped selling pork due to fear of going bankrupt amid the price freeze.
Roque said that the vendors went on “pork holiday” on the first day of price ceiling in prices of pork products and chicken meat. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the price cap requested by the Department of Agriculture.
“May mga grupo na nag-declare ng pork holiday, meron rin pong nanawagan ng pagkain ng alternative protein sources. Sinusuportahan po natin iyong panawagan for consuming alternative protein sources, pero nakikiusap po kami sa mga nagtitinda ng baboy na ipagpatuloy niyo po ang pagtitinda,” Roque said.
The 60-day price ceiling sets the prices of kasim and pigue at P270 per kilogram, P300 per kilo of liempo and dressed chicken for P160 per kilo. The price cap was due to the shortage of pork supply amid the African swine fever.
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A lot of vendors in Balintawak, Divisoria and Trabajo went to a pork holidays as a result of the price ceiling. However, Roque assured the vendors that the government’s aid will be enough for them.
“Sinabi naman po ng economists na makakapaekto sa supply ang price cap, pero 10,000 a week ang manggagaling sa South Cotabato alone, at inaayos rin po ng DAang ibang panggagalingan ng supply,” Roque added.
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