P500 enough for noche buena?
>> Friday, December 30, 2022
EDITORIAL
Suffice it to say that
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon flatly rejects the supposed
pronouncements from the Dept. of Trade Industry that P500 is adequate budget
for a Filipino noche buena.
The at-times feisty Guanzon took to Twitter on Tuesday, Dec. 20 to give a particular official from DTI a piece of her mind regarding the viral P500 noche buena budget.
“Pag inulit pa ni DTI Castelo na kasya na ang P500 sa Noche Buena padadalhan ko siya ng Christmas gift na P500 worth na goods, including 1/8th kg giniling na baboy (If DTI’s Castelo says one more time that a P500-budget is enough for noche buena, I’ll send her P500 worth of goods as Christmas gift, including 1/8th kilogram of ground pork),” she said.
Guanzon’s tweet has accumulated nearly 3,000 likes from inflation-weary netizens as of this posting.
The former Commission on Elections commissioner was apparently referring to DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo, who has come under fire in public–fairly or unfairly–over the agency’s 2022 “price guide”.
The price guide shows that P500 in today’s money is enough to buy ham, cheese, spaghetti and salad for the traditional early morning Christmas meal. The catch is that buyers must pick the cheapest brands and small portions–like the 1/8 kilogram of ground pork.
Castelo has since defended the price guide and called it DTI’s “sincere effort” to advise Filipinos consumers this holiday season.
P500 for noche buena? Castelo must be joking. Go buy in any sari-sari, department store or market and you will know the grim reality – it is just not enough.
The at-times feisty Guanzon took to Twitter on Tuesday, Dec. 20 to give a particular official from DTI a piece of her mind regarding the viral P500 noche buena budget.
“Pag inulit pa ni DTI Castelo na kasya na ang P500 sa Noche Buena padadalhan ko siya ng Christmas gift na P500 worth na goods, including 1/8th kg giniling na baboy (If DTI’s Castelo says one more time that a P500-budget is enough for noche buena, I’ll send her P500 worth of goods as Christmas gift, including 1/8th kilogram of ground pork),” she said.
Guanzon’s tweet has accumulated nearly 3,000 likes from inflation-weary netizens as of this posting.
The former Commission on Elections commissioner was apparently referring to DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo, who has come under fire in public–fairly or unfairly–over the agency’s 2022 “price guide”.
The price guide shows that P500 in today’s money is enough to buy ham, cheese, spaghetti and salad for the traditional early morning Christmas meal. The catch is that buyers must pick the cheapest brands and small portions–like the 1/8 kilogram of ground pork.
Castelo has since defended the price guide and called it DTI’s “sincere effort” to advise Filipinos consumers this holiday season.
P500 for noche buena? Castelo must be joking. Go buy in any sari-sari, department store or market and you will know the grim reality – it is just not enough.
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