Malacañang: Government is taking measures to curb rising prices
Inflation reached a new nine-year high of 6.7 percent in September versus the 6.4 percent in August, based on data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Steep increases in food prices was caused by supply disruptions after the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong, stoking inflation in September, the PSA noted. Malacañang had assured that they