PRICES of selected fruits and vegetables at Bankerohan Market remained stable based on the price monitoring conducted by SunStar Davao.
Tomato remained P38 per kilogram (kg); raddish at P50/kg; eggplant at P35/kg; okra at P50/kg; onion at P80/kg; ginger at P50/kg; pomelo at P80/kg; and avocado at P70/kg.
Despite the prices being stable, there is also an increase in the prices of some fruits and vegetables.
Carrots increased from P25 to P50/kg; cabbage from P20 to P50/kg; and mangoes from P100 to P120/kg.
According to one of the vendors, the reason for the increase of some of the fruits and vegetables was because of the heavy rain that poured in the city Wednesday. (Jamille G. Monforte and Yvonne C. Masloc FSUU Intern)