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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Prices of nine basic commodities have been frozen in the municipalities of Paluan and Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro, which are under separate states of calamity due to weather-related disasters, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.
The price freeze took effect under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 7581 (the Price Act of 1992), as amended. It will remain in force for the duration of the conditions that prompted the calamity declarations, but for no more than 60 days.
In Paluan, the state of calamity was declared through Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 2026-08-07 due to the continuing effects of the southwest monsoon.
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