NEARLY a hundred housewives from different urban poor communities trooped to the Balintawak Market along the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) on Sunday to register their indignation against the recent spikes in the prices of basic commodities and call on President Benigno Aquino 3rd to impose price control.

The mothers, organized under militant urban poor group Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod and Samahan ng Mamamayan-Zone One Tondo Organization banged their pots and pans in a noise barrage, demanding that Aquino use his powers as Chief Executive to mitigate the increases in the prices of basic commodities.

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