Thread by @cnnphilippines

Day 2 of price caps on pork, chicken: Pork stalls have reopened in Mega Q Mart, but most only sell innards, batok, pig face/maskara. Chicken stalls remain closed.

DA, DTI, MMDA will inspect this market later this morning | @meltlopez

@meltlopez Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, MMDA Chair Benhur Abalos visit Mega Q Mart this morning to monitor meat prices | @meltlopez

@meltlopez DA Usec. Caballero tells consumers to seek protein from other sources like fish and vegetables.

Mayor Belmonte says she is pushing to remove daily rental fees if vendors don’t sell for the day | @meltlopez

@meltlopez DTI Sec. Mon Lopez, DA Sec. William Dar were supposed to visit Mega Q Mart for price monitoring but the team says they visited Commonwealth Market instead.

There are no supplies of fresh pork products in Q Mart | @meltlopez

@meltlopez Several pork vendors here in Commonwealth market have supplies and are compliant with the price ceilings, but other stalls ran out early | @meltlopez

DTI, DA agree to set a suggested wholesale price for pork at ₱235/kg. This is how retailers can sell pork products within the price ceilings set at ₱270/kg for kasim, ₱300/kg for liempo | @meltlopez

@meltlopez Third leg of today’s market monitoring: This supermarket along Shaw Boulevard is selling pork ₱5 below the ceiling | @meltlopez

@meltlopez DTI Sec. Mon Lopez says agency also exploring separate price cap on imported pork products, which will likely be than the current ceiling for fresh meat | @meltlopez