A price freeze is in place for agricultural and fishery commodities and basic essential goods amid the series of typhoons that ravaged the country.

The Department of Agriculture, in tandem with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and local government units, through their respective local price coordinating councils (LPCCs), said on Monday it will strictly implement a price freeze on agricultural products and that violators will be penalized.

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