00:00The price of tomatoes and garlic was increased five times in Lawang City due to a lack of supply.
00:07The Ilocos Norte Provincial Government continues to remind the affected farmers.
00:13The details in the national news of Jude Tiquita of Radyo Pilipinas, Lawang.
00:17We will reduce it. Before, it was one-fourth. Now, it's one-eighth of what it used to be.
00:27Father Danilo is one of the few who will reduce the number of people who cook food.
00:31The price of tomatoes and chilies in Lawang City was doubled to five times.
00:37Now, the price per kilo of tomatoes is at P220.
00:41The price of chilies for pinakbet is P350.
00:43And the price of bell peppers and chilies labuyo is P800 to P1,000.
00:47According to the vendors, the supply of chilies and tomatoes will be limited
00:50because of the upcoming typhoon in the province.
00:53It's really expensive, sir. Very expensive.
00:57Before, it was a bit cheap, but now, it's really expensive.
01:01In the following typhoons, the crops are being destroyed. There's no supply.
01:04Last year, tomatoes were already cheap, P50, P60, and there were P20.
01:09But this year, the crops were really destroyed.
01:13The Ilocos Norte Provincial Government promised help to the farmers.
01:17The price of chilies and tomatoes is also expected to be lowered
01:20because it started in January until February.
01:24The price of tomatoes, bell peppers, and hot peppers, sir, is around P6 million.
01:31Other inputs like fertilizer, insecticide, fungicide.
01:37In January and February, sir, we will have production to supply.
01:44From PBS Radyo Pilipinas Lawag, Jud Pintitan, for Balita Pampansa.
