SunStar

DTI’s P500 budget for Noche Buena ‘unrealistic’

SOME Cebu City residents criticized the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) proposed P500 Noche Buena budget, saying the ...
The Manila Times

DTI price monitoring continues to ensure affordable basic goods

PRICE monitoring of basic commodities will continue to ensure that retailers will not raise their prices to the detriment of ...
Inquirer.net

DTI stands pat on ‘insulting’ P500 noche buena budget

What planet is she on? That’s the question members of the House of Representatives asked on Friday as they denounced Trade ...
The Manila Times

Roque defends P500 Noche Buena budget

TRADE Secretary Cristina Roque on Friday sought to defuse criticism over her claim that P500 would be enough for a Noche Buena feast, saying it was based on current prices and would feed a family of ...
BusinessMirror

500 for Noche Buena adequate but not for ostentatious parties’

The Department of Trade and Industry on Friday said P500 is enough to buy products normally found on the tables of Filipino ...
Philstar Life on MSN

We tried to fit our Noche Buena shopping within DTI's P500 budget—here's how it went

Is P500 enough to buy a family of four a complete Noche Buena meal, as Department of Trade and Industry secretary Cristina Roque said? In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Nov. 27, Roque said a ...