DTI is reviewing price freeze on essential goods

THE price freeze on essential commodities imposed three years ago and has found a new lease of life after the declaration of a state of national emergency across the entire country following the bombing incident in Mindnao, is now receiving a review at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

DTI is considering whether it can be lifted in areas where there is clearly no unrest. According to the department, prices and supply of manufactured basic goods have been generally stable before and during the proclamation of the state of national emergency.