DTI reminds CL establishments to comply with Price Freeze Philippine Information Agency 20 May 2021, 00:38 GMT+10 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 19 (PIA) -- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reminds establishments in Central Luzon, particularly groceries and supermarkets, to comply with the Price Freeze on basic goods. An Automatic Price Control is being implemented after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Presidential Proclamation 1143, declaring a nationwide state of calamity due to the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in 2,571 barangays throughout the country. The ASF, according to the declaration, adversely affected the local hog industry and the supply and prices of pork in the local market.