TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) — There was not much movement in the price of food in Bohol last month.
This after a 1.6 percent inflation during the Christmas season in 2024, according to the price increase monitoring by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) here.
During the January Inflation Dissemination by the PSA, provincial statistician Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren said that from 1.6 percent in December 2024, food inflation in Bohol further eased to -2.2 percent at the beginning of the year.
PSA credits this to the slower yearly crawl of prices in cereals and cereal products, possibly due to the remaining stocks after the harvest season.
Cereals and cereal products top-billed by rice had an over-all -5.8 percent increment from 2.5 percent in December 2024, Alcazaren said.
For rice alone, it registered an inflation rate of -6.9 percent from 3.1 percent in December.
Meanwhile, corn ended with a -5.9 percent in January over its -5.3 percent last Christmas season.
The Department of Agriculture and the Provincial Government is now heavily supporting corn production.
For the bottom 30 percent of Boholanos, this is already a big relief as the Christmas spending had a seamless follow through with food prices behaving well.
With rice already assured in the family, the next relief came from fish and other seafood which showed a good price stability from -0.8 to -1.3 percent.
And to complement that, even meat and other parts of slaughtered animals registered a 3.3 percent inflation rate in December to 3.0 percent in January.
Milk and other dairy products and eggs also played well with -1.1 percent price stability rate from 1.4 percent last December.
Boholanos had a good price for fruits and nuts, from 10.4 percent in December to 0.3 percent.
Add to that sugar, confectionery and desserts which registered a -0.3 percent inflation in December to -0.6 percent, Alcazaren pointed out. (RAHC/PIA Bohol)
