SENATOR Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to explain why the prices of basic commodities remain high despite a series of oil price rollbacks in the country.

“There is a tremendously huge decrease in the prices of oil especially diesel which affects the transportation and production costs of many of the manufacturing and retail sectors, but we have yet to see a substantial reduction in the prices of commodities. The DTI should look at this and explain to us,” the senator said.

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