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00:00 We are still here at Balintawak Market.
00:03 And this is what we saw.
00:04 There are products that are sold here that are really high in price.
00:10 Like the lemon grass, it's delicious to make juice and cold drinks.
00:16 The price of this was 25 pesos, but now it's 100 pesos per kilo.
00:22 The calamansi used to be 50 to 60 pesos, but now it's 90 pesos per kilo.
00:27 The tomatoes used to be 25 pesos, but now it's 55 pesos.
00:31 The bitter gourd used to be 60 pesos, but now it's 120 pesos.
00:36 The cigarellas used to be 50 pesos, but now it's 150 pesos.
00:38 And we also saw that the fish prices have increased.
00:43 The jiggy used to be 150 pesos, but now it's 170 pesos.
00:46 The tambacol used to be 150 pesos, but now it's 160 pesos.
00:48 And the tambacol used to be 100 pesos, but now it's 120 pesos.
00:52 Let's talk to the sellers here about why the prices have increased.
00:57 Look at this. This is the patola.
00:59 If you peel it, the meat is gone.
01:02 The meat is still alive, it's still dry.
01:06 Ma'am, so the prices of vegetables have really increased.
01:10 Almost all vegetables, ma'am.
01:12 Why?
01:13 Because of the heat, and there's no water.
01:15 There's not much vegetables in the market, so the prices have increased.
01:20 It really increased. Why did it start increasing?
01:23 It started increasing when the heat was on, ma'am.
01:27 It's been almost two months.
01:29 I also noticed that other vendors, like this patola,
01:32 if you peel it, the meat is gone.
01:35 Did you see that the quality of the vegetables is improving?
01:40 Look at this, ma'am. It's really green.
01:42 This is what it looks like because of the lack of water.
01:45 Yes, that's right.
01:46 It's a bit light.
01:49 Even the cigarellas.
01:50 This one, it's also increased.
01:52 It's already 150 kilos.
01:54 Let's show the tanglad.
01:56 Do you have tanglad?
01:57 Tanglad is the lemongrass.
01:59 Let's get this one so they'll know.
02:04 This is the tanglad lemongrass.
02:08 This is delicious.
02:09 You put some lemon.
02:11 How much was this before, ma'am?
02:12 Before, it was P30, now it's P120, P100.
02:16 But are there other vendors?
02:19 They don't have a choice.
02:20 But are the vendors reduced?
02:23 Sometimes, it's a bit slow.
02:24 Maybe because our store is too expensive.
02:27 But that's also our way.
02:31 If we have a small amount of vegetables,
02:33 we can increase the price.
02:36 Okay, ma'am. That's what we need.
02:38 These are the tomatoes.
02:40 It's already starting to rain because the price is increasing.
02:42 Before, it was P20, now it's P55 per kilo.
02:47 Let's ask the vendors here what their reaction is.
02:51 Sir, can you eat?
02:53 Do you sell here?
02:55 What can you say about the vendors?
02:57 Is it expensive?
02:58 It's increasing.
03:00 It's increasing.
03:01 Do you still buy if it's expensive?
03:03 Yes, we're also a vendor.
03:05 We need to buy.
03:07 Yes.
03:08 We can see here, the vendors,
03:10 like this bitter gourd,
03:11 they're mixing bitter gourd.
03:13 The quality of the vegetables is not good when they're small.
03:17 There.
03:18 Is it small, sir?
03:20 No, it's big.
03:21 What color should it be?
03:23 Green?
03:24 Green.
03:25 There.
03:25 Even the calamansi.
03:27 If you look at the calamansi,
03:29 it's like a seed.
03:32 Right?
03:33 It's like a seed.
03:34 So, it's affected by the lack of water.
03:38 The LNU,
03:39 the vegetables that are sold here in Balintawak Market,
03:42 they need to sell them.
03:45 The price is a bit high.
03:46 Some people said they have no choice.
03:49 They need to buy the vegetables that we use in our daily lives.
03:57 So, that's our price monitoring of some products here in Balintawak Market
04:03 and their current prices in this time.
04:08 Let's go back to the studio.
04:09 [music]