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00:00The price of gasoline and diesel is expected to rise next week, according to the Department of Energy Oil Industry Management Bureau.
00:08Based on the four-day trading, the price of each liter of gasoline can rise up to 45 cents.
00:14As for 40 cents for diesel and kerosene, there is a 30-cent rollback.
00:20The Department of Agriculture went around the markets to look at the price of the first to buy.
00:26Witnessed by Bernadette Reyes.
00:31Christmas is less than two weeks ago.
00:34The buyers have their own discount to fit the budget this Christmas and New Year.
00:39I buy slowly during the Christmas season.
00:42So when it comes to Chikwena, it's not heavy.
00:45For example, for spaghetti, it's only half a kilo.
00:48If there are canned goods to be given, I cook it.
00:50If there are, but if not, I don't.
00:52The officials of the Department of Agriculture went around the markets.
00:56According to the DA, although the price of the first to buy is stable,
00:59noticeably, some have risen.
01:02Like the Pasay Public Market, where the kilo of pork belly is P390,
01:07while the cassava is P320.
01:10Sales are more expensive due to the African Swine Fever.
01:13They say that the price of the first to buy starts at P5.
01:16We also complain.
01:18Of course, the buyers want it cheap.
01:20It's Christmas.
01:22I think we can't stop the price from rising.
01:26But earlier, I saw the bangus and tilapia.
01:29Actually, the price is right.
01:31The live tilapia is P140.
01:33The bangus is P170.
01:35That's right.
01:36Unfortunately, I didn't see any imported fish earlier.
01:40So maybe we're short in Galunggong.
01:43The price of the whole chicken is P200,
01:46while the kilo of choice cuts is P220.
01:49We're already at P175.
01:52That's how much it has risen.
01:55There is no change in the price of eggs in the Pasay Public Market,
01:58but it has risen in other families.
02:01When the price fell six months ago,
02:04and those who sell eggs lost money,
02:07they cut their layers
02:10to sell and make money.
02:12Now, the demand is rising
02:15because of Christmas.
02:17They are now importing hatching eggs
02:23to lay.
02:24So maybe by February, it will go down again.
02:28According to the Department of Agriculture,
02:30the price of agricultural products cannot be avoided during Christmas
02:35because of the increasing demand.
02:37But the government is talking to market vendors.
02:41I think the price now is this.
02:43It shouldn't rise anymore because it's almost peak,
02:47I think.
02:48If it rises, it should be only 5%.
02:51But I think it's already this.
02:53It's already a bit high.
02:54For GMA Integrated News,
02:56I'm Bernadette Reyes, your witness.

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