{"id":181537,"date":"2018-09-14T21:19:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=181537"},"modified":"2018-09-14T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T01:19:20","slug":"price-freeze-sought-typhoon-affected-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/14\/price-freeze-sought-typhoon-affected-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Price freeze sought in typhoon-affected areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_179619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179619\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Manny-Pi\u00f1ol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179619\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Manny-Pi\u00f1ol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Manny-Pi\u00f1ol.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Manny-Pi\u00f1ol-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Duterte government should order the DA, DTI and other concerned agencies to also prioritize controlling the prices of basic goods\u201d, he added. TOTO LOZANO\/Presidential Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>A partylist lawmaker on Friday urged Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u0144ol to order a price freeze in typhoon-affected areas, particularly in northern and central Luzon, in anticipation of the effect of Typhoon Ompong.<\/p>\n<p>Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao said the Department of Agriculture (DA) should coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in implementing the price freeze on basic commodities to prevent \u201cunscrupulous traders from exploiting the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the coming effects of Typhoon Ompong to properties and livelihoods, it is only just to call for price freeze. Controlling the prices of basic goods, especially in times of calamity, is as important as preparing the people for the upcoming natural calamity,\u201d Casilao said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Duterte government should order the DA, DTI and other concerned agencies to also prioritize controlling the prices of basic goods\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), Casilao said an estimated 1.9 million individuals in Batanes, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Apayao will be affected by the 200-km. radius of Typhoon Ompong\u2019s projected track.<\/p>\n<p>Casilao further cited UN OCHA, stating that some 400, 000 houses are expected to be battered by the typhoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0A partylist lawmaker on Friday urged Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u0144ol to order a price freeze in typhoon-affected areas, particularly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":179619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}