By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday expanded her declaration of a
state of calamity over Metro Manila and several provinces last week to cover the entire country to keep the prices of goods at their current levels.
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Trade Secretary Peter Favila announced this on Friday over a government-run TV station after emerging from an executive session following a National Disaster Coordinating Council meeting in Cainta.
"For the reasons that we can't estimate the effects of Typhoon Pepeng but which is expected to bring rains to many areas, and for the reasons that nobody would take advantage of prices, I've been authorized by the President to announce that the declaration of the
state of calamity is being extended to the whole country,'' Teodoro said over RPN 9.
Favila confirmed also over the same TV network that they recommended the expansion of the state of calamity proclamation to the rest of the country to keep a ceiling on the prices of commodities.
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