A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon City, Metro Manila in Philippines, Aug. 9, 2018. (File photo by ERIK DE CASTRO / Reuters) MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of rice in Metro Manila started to decline on Tuesday, the first day the price ceiling on the Filipino staple food took effect, according to a monitoring conducted by the Department of Agriculture (DA). Locally produced regular-milled rice was selling from P41 to P52 a kilogram, while local well-milled rice was being sold from P45 to P53.

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