MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of tomato has increased to P360 per kilobarkadabet, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Based on the monitoring of the DA in Metro Manila markets, a medium-sized tomato costs at least P20.
One kilo of tomato is more expensive compared to a kilo of chicken priced at P240 per kilo, according to the DA.
“It is almost equivalent to a kilo of pork shoulder sold at P390,” the DA said.
The department said prices of tomato surged amid the damage caused by the successive typhoons that hit the country.
Investigators in the Mlang Municipal Police Station and members of the Bagontapay barangay council told reporters on Monday that Macantan, then under the influence of liquor, repeatedly fired his .45 caliber pistol on people buying chicken barbecue at a roadside vending stall, killing a resident named Romnick Reyes instantly.
Brig. Gen Romeo Jaime Macapaz, director of PRO-BAR, told reporters on Monday, October 21, that Membisa, most known as "Lopitos," was cornered in his hideout in Barangay Maria Cristina by combined agents of the Criminal and Investigation and Detection Group and personnel of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office and the Iligan City Police Office, an operation supported by local officials privy to his presence in the area.
Meanwhile, the retail price of siling labuyo or wild chili further increased to P1,000 per kilo after reaching P900 per kilo few days ago.
Prices of highland vegetables have also increased as carrots reached P300 per kilo; Baguio beans, P200; potato, P220; pechay Baguio, P80; chayote, P80; cauliflower, P300; bell pepper, P900; broccoli, P400, and cabbage, P140.
Local red onions are sold at P170 per kilo; local white onions, P120; imported white onions, P180; imported garlic, P210, and ginger, up to P260 per kilo.
Medium-sized eggs ranged between P7.80 and P9 per piece.barkadabet