Ilang rice retailers, nagbebenta nang palugi para makasunod sa price cap; ibang nagtitinda, posibleng magsara muna | UB

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Transcript
00:00 Back to the price ceiling in rice, farmers are also getting angry because they are also involved.
00:04 The rice they sell, some rice retailers who cannot sell their rice in the price cap,
00:10 will just close the shop.
00:12 Here is the first news.
00:14 Because of the price ceiling in some types of rice,
00:20 some retailers can't sell their rice in the price cap.
00:23 But if the supply is depleted,
00:25 it is possible that they will temporarily stop selling rice.
00:30 We started stocking rice.
00:33 We were worried that the price of rice will suddenly drop.
00:38 We tried stocking rice.
00:41 If it is depleted, we will temporarily close the shop.
00:46 In Giginto, Bulacan, some retailers were able to follow the price cap
00:50 because they were able to buy cheap rice from the supplier.
00:52 But they were only able to sell 5 kilos to each family
00:56 so that many people can buy.
00:58 Meanwhile, no one was able to sell rice for P41 or P45.
01:02 We were not able to buy rice.
01:04 So we just sold it in the store.
01:07 I don't know what they will give us.
01:10 So we just sold it in the store.
01:12 In Isabela City Public Market in Basilan,
01:15 no one is selling rice that is in the government's price cap.
01:19 P59 to P62 per kilo of rice is sold.
01:23 Not only rice retailers,
01:25 but also farmers are suffering from price ceiling.
01:29 They are not able to recover from the effects of the recent typhoons.
01:32 They will be forced to sell rice of lower price.
01:36 In Alabel, Sarangani,
01:38 rice is sold for P19 per kilo from P21 before the price cap was implemented.
01:45 Farmers in Mila Orca, Marines Sur also have a problem
01:50 because the rice is expensive and expensive to spend.
01:54 Retailers and farmers are calling for help to the affected rice cap.
01:59 DSWD said they are waiting for the list of beneficiaries from DA and DTI.
02:05 This is the first news.
02:06 Darlene Cai for GMA Integrated News.
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