Speaker Romualdez: Lowering food prices is ‘urgent need’

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Speaker Romualdez: Lowering food prices is ‘urgent need’

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that lowering food prices is an “urgent need,” remarking that it was the “number one priority” for the administration. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) previously reported that while inflation stood at 2.9 percent in January 2025, food inflation rose to 4.0 percent from 3.5 percent in December 2024. “[Ang] pagpapababa ng presyo ay hindi lamang isang pangmatagalang layunin, ito ay…