The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said it will be augmenting the supply of garlic in Metro Manila by bringing in truckloads of locally grown garlic from Luzon and Mindoro to counter an unnatural price surge seen over the past few weeks.

The DA also urged the public to patronize locally produced garlic which is cheaper than its imported counterpart.

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