Hunt on for hoarders of onion, garlic
(PNA file photo) MANILA - Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday warned hoarders of onion and garlic who create artificial scarcity in supply that leads to price increases. Romualdez said he instructed the House Committee on Agriculture and Food to conduct an investigation and recommend the filing of charges. Despite the ongoing harvest season and the entry of imported onions, retail prices of these agricultural products remained high, according to Romualdez. "We received information that these people are hoarding onion, and more recently even garlic, to create an artificial scarcity in suppl...