Implementing agencies report price, supply situation in Agsur

By PD Lolita I. Dorado, Cerila P. Inson, Marson Jan S. Dolendo

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Oct. 16 (PIA) – Implementing agencies reported recently on price and supply situation of basic necessities to the Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC), here.

The LPCC chaired by Mayor Albin D. Magdamit recently met to discuss the issue of increasing price of rice as well as the price and supply situation of the products that each agency is tasked to monitor per RA 7581 or the Price Act of the Philippines.

Mayor Magdamit said that the locality is facing low supply of rice in the local market while waiting for the harvest in the coming months and that this might further push prices upward.

The National Food Authority (NFA) reported that there is sufficient supply of NFA rice available in the province which can be bought at P27.00 per kilo.

The council tasked the NFA tomake available its rice to more outlets.  One of the identified outlets is the Farm Level Grains Center (FLGC), a Spanish-Government funded project which provides rice milling, palay buying and selling.

NFA Assistance Manager, Hugo Sarigumba, requested the council to submit to their office the volume requirement of NFA rice for the municipality of Prosperidad.

The LPCC also considered tapping barangay council halls through the barangay captainsas alternative outlets to ensure that NFA rice can reach the different communities in the municipality.

DTI-Agusan del Sur Provincial Director, Dir. Lolita I. Dorado, for her part reported that prices of basic necessities and prime commodities under DTI jurisdiction, as monitored in the municipality and the whole of Agusan del Sur, are within the suggested retail prices (SRPs) set by the agency.  She said further that there is adequate supply of these products which include canned products [sardines, luncheon meat, meat loaf, corned beef and beef loaf], processed milk [condensed, evaporated and powdered], coffee refill, soap [detergent/laundry and toilet soap variants], bread, instant noodles and flour. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Caraga)