(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) 

Some jeepney drivers don’t insist one-peso additional fare 

BELIEVE it or not, some jeepney drivers in Pangasinan are making the payment of the additional one peso fare approved by LTFRB optional and voluntary on the part of their passengers.

Apparently, it does not matter to these jeepney drivers whether their passengers decide to  pay the additional one peso fare as manifested by a jeepney driver plying the San Fabian – Dagupan route after the price of diesel dropped.

Perhaps this attitude will change once the price of diesel goes up again. (Rona Racca)

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Price of rice continues to rise in Pangasinan 

THE price of rice in Pangasinan continues to spiral as shown in a latest price survey  conducted by IFM Radio Dagupan in various markets of the province and in Dagupan City.

Consumers said rice in various public markets are now being sold at more than P50 per kilo, a price which most of them can now barely afford. They noted with dismay that the price of rice had been soaring for the past two weeks, which the Department of Agriculture blamed to the high farm gate price demanded by farmer producers.

The price of rice is expected to rise by P2 per kilo. (Joana de Vera)

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 Short supply of onion seen due to past typhoons 

THERE will be short supply of onions in Pangasinan in weeks ahead, including in the town of Bayambang, that is known as the onion capital of the province.

Onion vendors attribute the expected short supply of the commodity to the typhoon and flooding that wreaked havoc in onion plantations, destroying onion plants that are due for harvesting in December or at the end of the year. They admitted that onions being sold in public markets and supermarkets came from new storage facilities, and therefore, priced P20 per kilo higher.

To date, red onion costs P170 per kilo while white onion can be bought at P120 per kilo. (Joana de Vera)

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Chicken preferred over pork this Christmas 

HOUSEHOLDS are beginning to buy more chicken meat than pork in Dagupan City because of the anticipated rise in the price of pork this Christmas and tight money situation  this year.

Fortunately, there is enough supply of chicken meat in the market compared to the dwindling supply of pork on account of the African Swine Fever still raging in Pangasinan and other provinces.

With ASF still around, residents have slowed down on backyard raising. The pork being sold in the markets of Pangasinan today are sourced from pig farms outside Pangasinan that adopted strict bio-security to prevent the entry of the ASF virus. (Joana de Vera)

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No price cap for dressed chicken, please 

VENDORS are not in favor of the government’s plan to set a price cap for dressed chicken being sold in public markets in a bid to stop the continuous spike in the price of the product.

They said they might lose their business if the government sets the Suggested Retail Price of chicken, something  this was never done ever since. They said the price of dressed chicken must be allowed to float as this is dependent on the cost of chicken production, processing and shipment of the product and other factors.

They called on the  government to think twice before setting SRP on dressed chicken, which is an agricultural product, not a manufactured product, (Ronna Racca )

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Price of pork in Dagupan continues to soar 

THE price of pork in the markets of Dagupan spiked by P10 pesos last week. Pork was sold in the city at P340 per kilo, from last week’s P330 per kilo

Vendors are anticipating the price of pork to reach from P350 to P360 per kilo, however, vendors admit demand of pork nowadays remains low.

Meanwhile, the vendors assured the public that there is enough supply of pork during the Christmas season as they also ascertained that the meat they are selling are safe for human consumption. (Rona Racca)

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Egg price spikes anew in Pangasinan 

THOUGH suppliers assured that there is adequate supply of eggs that will last till after the  Christmas season, the cheapest eggs  that can be bought in the Dagupan City public markets is now P9 per piece.

An increase of P1-P2 increase in the price of eggs from P7 to P8 per piece last week.  The costliest eggs in the Dagupan market is P11 to P13 per piece.  In the case of salted eggs, one piece is being sold at P17 (from P13  last week). The highest priced salted eggs are sold at P25 per piece.

Vendors expect the price of eggs to spike some more on Christmas Day. (Ronna Racca )

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Vendors reject proposal to sell eggs by the kilo 

EGG vendors in Dagupan City are not in favor of the proposal that eggs be sold in the market by the kilo, instead of the usual per piece basis.

They said that if eggs are sold by the kilo consistent with the proposal of some lawmakers and economists, they will surely lose in their business because of the increased costs of  operations and poultry feeds.

Vendors said they earn just a few by selling sold per piece because more eggs will have to be added to make the weight of a kilo. They said whoever made the proposal to sell eggs by the kilo surely does not know his economics. (Joana de Vera)

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