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A man holds up one of many bags of onions at the Department of Agriculture main office in Quezon City on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN
FROM our perspective, either as observers of current events or stressed consumers confused as to why we are paying more for a handful of lowly onions than we would for a cut of prime imported beef, the current chaos involving this most basic of agricultural commodities is not only an undeserved burden, it is a national embarrassment. It is time to put an end to it, by whatever means necessary.