Retail prices of rice continued to inch up for the fifth straight week in the first week of July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report.

With just a little over two weeks into the lean season, the average price of rice for both farmgate and retail markets is expected to increase further as the government scrambles to fill up its buffer stocks through importation.

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