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Drained Soon Before the present rice crisis broke out, the multitudes of ordinary Filipinos had already been hard-up, with wages lying way below the costs of living. Their plight has worsened with the steep rise in prices of rice – the country’s staple food – and other food products, as well as that of oil, a prime commodity. Add to that the impending increases in power rates and Juan de la Cruz – the Filipino Everyman – will soon be in much worse straits. The relentlessly soaring prices of goods and services are draining his pockets and surely rendering him penniless. BY FLON FAURILLO ( categories: )
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