Onion prices worldwide much lower, deepen questions on incredulous costs in Philippines
The Department of Agriculture’s price monitoring showed that as of January 23, a kilogram of locally grown onions cost P200-P350 (US$3.70-6.40) in local markets.
Cartels suspected behind ‘artificial’ onion prices: Philippines politician
According to government data, the difference in demand and supply for onions was only about 7 per cent, which seemed to indicate that external forces, such as cartels, were in…
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What we know so far about ‘out of control’ rise in the Philippines’ onion prices
As onions continued to sell at prices greater than a day’s worth of minimum wage, several possibilities have been raised as to why prices began to shoot up.