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Carinderia vendors and workers lean on each other as food crisis looms
MANILA President Duterte imposed a price freeze on meat in Metro Manila and increased pork importations in the country to boost the scarce supply of pork and combat the climbing inflation rate, attributed to the African swine flu and the global recession caused by the pandemic, respectively.
Pork vendors, unable to secure supplies at prices they can competitively sell, conducted a pork holiday. However, even before the price cap, market vendors and consumers grumbled at the ballooning prices of goods since the beginning of the year.