MAYOR Abby Binay called for stricter enforcement of laws against hoarding, smuggling, and profiteering, noting such crimes trigger price increases on basic necessities.
"There is no issue with legislation; it's always the implementation of laws. We have never heard of a convicted rice smuggler, a manipulator of the price of rice. That is perhaps what we need to focus on. Make sure that someone is caught and punished because they are the reason why the price of rice is high," Binay said during an Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas news conference on Tuesday.
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