Ilocos Norte monitors chicken, egg price hike

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff reporter

Laoag City—The Ilocos Norte provincial government, jointly with the Department of Trade and Industry, will be conducting an investigation with regards to the sudden price hike of chicken and egg observed in the past few weeks.

Since last month, retail prices of chicken in Laoag and Batac Cities’ wet markets and supermarkets had gone up by at least P15 to P40. The reason given for the price spike was due to tight supply of the products.

At the Laoag City Commercial Center for example, whole chicken now sells at P125 per piece—some are even selling it at P135—from the usual P110, while chicken cuts are priced at P150 per kilo from P140 before.

“Many things had gone very high including basic commodities such as meat, asukal, sabon, cooking oil and even rice where we produce so much. So we are monitoring closely the Laoag and Batac markets where it was earlier reported,” Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos said.

According to Ms. Marcos, the recent price hike is good for hog and poultry raisers but it is not acceptable to low-income consumers.

In view of this, the Ilocos Norte government is presently organizing teams in various parts of the province to start selling basic commodities at cheaper prices.

Similar to the old Kadiwa project, or sari-sari type rolling store during the time of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, the governor said the rolling stores will be selling basic goods and food items at much lower wholesale prices to provide immediate solution to the rising prices of basic commodities.

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