“Siling labuyo nasa P1,000 ang presyo kada kilo (Chili pepper P1,000 per kilo).”

This was one of the news items that flashed in the ticker box while watching the morning news today. This is certainly not the first time this happened, and one would recall various social media posts sarcastically joking about the soaring price of chillies. Such is the scene today in 2021.

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