00:00The price of a kilo of tomatoes has already fallen to Php 200 to Php 360 while Php 600 to Php 1,000 is the price of a kilo of ciling labuyo.
00:10According to the Department of Agriculture, there was a shortage in the supply of tomatoes.
00:16The inventory of ciling labuyo and bell pepper also fell because of the ongoing taste of the typhoon in the regions of Cagayan, Bicol, and Calabarzor.
00:27It is expected that the price will return to normal by the time the new harvest of agri-products enters.
00:34There was a significant reduction in the production of tomatoes by 45% going into the fourth quarter of last year.
00:50They say that production may resume this January until February starting the dry season and then expectedly the prices can go back to normal during this period.
