ilipiiiii traders.
and individuals to sell their
products at discounted
"I appeal to them (bad-
ers) to show their malasak-
it by rlling tleir goods,
medicines and suDtlies at
a discounted pride'. thls
witl at least eafo the plisht theunethicalprodeeringii
of oru kababavan-e whoire
suffering frofr Taat Volca-
no exDlosion," said Ro-
mualdez. who chairs thc
House committee onrules,
Romualdez led law-
makers in calling the De.
partment of Trude and In-
dusky (DTI) and otlercon-
ce(red agencies torunaftrer
unsalpulous traders and
individuals behind the re-
ported overcharging of
goods, masks, mediimes
and other imoortant suo-
plies during Ahmities- '
"Those behind illegal
acts of price manipula ti-on
should face sanc-iions in
accordance with our laws.- ering OIat
We should notletthem take
advantage of the situation
at the e6ense of the Taal
Volcano i,ictims," said Ro-
mualdez, president of lhe
l4.ry= "h"*
Philippine Constitution
Association (Philconsa)
and Lalas-Christian Mrrs-
lim Democrats (G,lD).
House senior Deputy
Minorih/ t€ader and noih
Rep,JanietteGari4aiormer
seoetarvof lheDeoartnrent
of Healdl (DoFI);i6ined Ro-
mualdez in his call against
abusive trad€rs. ske$sins
times of calamities is "mor-
ally unacreotible and le-
gally punisfuble."
'We appeal to ourbusi-
not to engage in
na'.s6men
unethical profi teeriirg. Ca-
hrtuuesauesorFhtnesseen
by some as an opportunity
to profit more, eipecially iir
situations wher€ tley see
caDtured cxstomers'who
ha'veno other oDtion but to
buy ftom thedt,t said Garin
after the price offace mask
in Manila reached as high
as P200.
"Medicines and suo-
plies should evenbe sold'a t
a discounted Drice consid-
thi expense is
-morallv
unexDected. It is
unacieotable and lesall+
punishible under oui ei-
isting hade ard industry
laws to increase prices,T
of "malasakit' (conpassion) for Taal Volcano's .eruption.renage io
said Garin.
Deputv Speoker andCa-
purti"utu"ty ir, fifi
Asoncillo, Talisav and S,;n
marinirs $urkep. LRay Vil- Nicolas, Batangds, wher{
tahrerte sought anew lhe fissures or cracks in th6
construction bf permanent grqund are aooeatinc.
evacuationc€nte$in Dlac€s - "seictlv iiriplemeit the
mo6t qrlnerable to n;tural lockdown'of temerv and
fol'clvingthecorF
disastef,s, othertownswherefi;sures
tinued eruotion of Taal are showing. Evacuate
VolcanothatlEsMover 6ome if not all, of the resi-
sOIm Bahnsas and Cav- dents of high risk areas to
ite Esidenis io flee to tem- Metro Marrila," said Tadu-
porary shelteB elsewhere. rajr as she asked Metro
"Taal Volcano's con- Mani-[amayoG toop6 *reir
tinuirg activi ty, which has g;msand otherevicuation
sent thousands of families c€nters, aswell aslerd tents
abandonini their homes in and survival kit6 to the
search of safer grounds, Bataneas evacuees.
gives all the more reason
for ThE as ACT{IS per-
tre concemed governm€nt sonallv witness€d the s'ihr-
agencies to fasl-track Pres- ationdf Oreevacue€sinsan
ident Duterte'g Drooosaton Luis, Batangas where
the'simultan;ods' con- Taduan and fellow ACT-
struction of permanent Cl5partv-list Reo. Eric Yao
evacuation cente$, mosl disdibubdrelefsoodsanh
especially for thebenefit of face masks.
people in places most vul- lMarikina and Makati
nemble tonaturaldisasters have modular tents. Other
and the vagades of dimate local goveinments have
change," said Vilafu erte. empty glms that can ac-
HouseAssistant Maior- commodate
ity teader and ACTIIS ees. It is safe. for the evac-
party-list Rep. Nina Tadu- u6es to be in Metro Manila
ran called on the govem- where there's water and
menttoshondvimDlement electriciw, and whete helo
tlrc lockdow;df thi danger is readili available," saitl
zones near Taal Volca.io, Tadumri pqg6 ,O