No drop in red onion prices even after plea to sell hidden produce

MANILA, Philippines --- The prices of red onions have not dropped significantly despite a plea to farmers and suppliers to sell goods that they may have hidden when production costs were lower. The Department of Agriculture (DA) has monitored only small changes in red onion prices, Rex Estoperez, deputy spokesperson of the DA, said in an interview at the Laging Handa public briefing on Tuesday. "In some markets, there's a slight drop in prices, but that's very small," Estoperez said in Filipino. "We need to look at things on the ground. So on Thursday, we will. go to Nueva Ecija and see what's the situation, if we need to do the off-season harvest so that it could at least h...

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