{"id":32796,"date":"2014-11-25T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32796"},"modified":"2025-01-18T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T17:42:55","slug":"govt-keeps-prices-on-watch-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/25\/govt-keeps-prices-on-watch-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t keeps prices on watch this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DTI-goods-promo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17225\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DTI-goods-promo-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) spearheads the holding of a two-day Diskwento Ramadan from June 26-27 at Plaza Pershing in Zamboanga City. (PNA photo by Teofilo P. Garcia Jr.\/Zamboanga Bureau)LAM\/ron \" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DTI-goods-promo-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DTI-goods-promo-1024x340.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) spearheads the holding of a two-day Diskwento Ramadan from June 26-27 at Plaza Pershing in Zamboanga City. (PNA photo by Teofilo P. Garcia Jr.\/Zamboanga Bureau)LAM\/ron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang pledged to keep the prices of goods on watch this Christmas season to prevent traders from raising them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consumer protection group under Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been very active in their monitoring teams,\u201d Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the DTI team has been sending reports to protect the interest of the consumers this Christmas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy stromectol online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/stromectol.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/stromectol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The department also has released a list of the suggested retail prices of basic goods as consumers are alarmed of the sudden price increase in some goods by some traders.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisolone online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, to provide cheaper commodities, DTI\u2019s \u201cDiskwento Caravan\u201d has also been making rounds to provide options for the consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Valte alson said that Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be collaborating with the police for the proposal of a new opening and closing schedules for shopping malls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m quite sure that MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino has already coordinated with the Philippine National Police regarding the new opening and closing hours of shopping malls and that security arrangements will be made accordingly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-soft.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang pledged to keep the prices of goods on watch this Christmas season to prevent traders from raising &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":17225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32796","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=32796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285425,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32796\/revisions\/285425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}