WIRE — AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. cited low food inflation in June as an argument for extending the P50 per kilo price cap on imported 5% broken rice. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that food inflation slowed to 5.4% in June from 5.8% in May, driven by a sharp decline in meat prices.
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