House leaders on Wednesday said they are eyeing to increase the P65 weekly limit on discounts on groceries and food supplements for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). Expressing concern over the current meager P65 weekly discount for seniors and PWDs on their groceries, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez asserted…
(File photo) MANILA - Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said supplies of paracetamol and other flu medicines at drugstores will start to normalize this weekend. Speaking to President Rodrigo Duterte during the Talk to the People Thursday evening, Lopez said manufacturers of these medicines have started to deliver to drug stores since Wednesday. He added that due to the surge in demand for paracetamol and flu drugs after New Year, pharmacies have ordered three times more of their normal orders of these medicines. "Their (drug stores) reported to us that they ordered three times more of their usual ordering level in anticipation of larger demand and preparation for the spike in cases from Omicron," he said. He said there is no shortage in supplies of paracetamol and other flu medicines and that manufacturers have a large production capacity of these products. The trade chief reported that at least four paracetamol brands with local production can prod
(File photo) MANILA - Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said supplies of paracetamol and other flu medicines at drugstores will start to normalize this weekend. Speaking to President Rodrigo Duterte during the Talk to the People Thursday evening, Lopez said manufacturers of these medicines have started to deliver to drug stores since Wednesday. He added that due to the surge in demand for paracetamol and flu drugs after New Year, pharmacies have ordered three times more of their normal orders of these medicines. "Their (drug stores) reported to us that they ordered three times more of their usual ordering level in anticipation of larger demand and preparation for the spike in cases from Omicron," he said. He said there is no shortage in supplies of paracetamol and other flu medicines and that manufacturers have a large production capacity of these products. The trade chief reported that at least four paracetamol brands with local production can prod