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Prices of rice, onions soar

CONSUMERS continue to be pummeled by high prices of goods, basic or not, as the Department of Agriculture admitted on Wednesday that the prices of red onions reached as high as P720 per kilo.

Precious bulbs Vendors stack red onions at the Balintawak Public Market in Quezon City on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. The bulbs were being sold for as high as P500 per kilo. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN