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MANILA - A lawmaker at the House of Representatives on Thursday urged authorities to run after and arrest hoarders and price manipulators of medicines used to treat coronavirus disease (Covid-19) symptoms amid the rise in Covid-19 cases. Quezon City Representative Precious Hipolito Castelo said there are laws, regulations, and even local ordinances prohibiting hoarding and price manipulation of drugs and other important consumer products. Castelo also said enforcement should be a combined effort of the concerned agencies like the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Health, Philippine National Police, and local government units (LGUs). "The concerned authorities should enforce these to protect the interest and welfare of our people, especially the poor. Hoarding denies the poor access to essential products like medicines and increases the prices of these commodities," Castelo said in a statement. The role of LG