Nions Were Around At The Same Price But Jan 6 Monitoring Of Dti Here Showeda Minimal Drop When It Was Sold Between Php500 And Php 600a Kilo News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
COSTLY ONIONS. "Sibuying", a variety of small onions shown in the photograph, is sold at around PHP400 a kilo in the supermarkets in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The Department of Trade and Industry in the province said there is no significant decline in the prices of onions in recent weeks. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The prices of onions in Negros Oriental province have not yet seen any significant change these past weeks and are still very expensive, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here said on Friday. A partial report from the DTI-Negros Oriental showed that as of Jan. 20, prices of red onions here were from PHP660 to PHP750 a kilo; red onions (imported) at PHP490 to PHP580 a kilo; and white onions from PHP360 to PHP 400 a kilo. Even the "sibuying", a variety of small onions, is still costly and sold at PHP400 a kilo. "These are supermarket prices, which are higher by about PHP100 a kilo compared to those sold at the wet o