INCREASE IN GARLIC PRICE: Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, examines locally produced garlic during a public hearing on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry said unscrupulous traders had manipulated the price of garlic from P17 per kilo to more than P300 per kilo. (PRIB photo by Cesar Tomambo/03 July 2014).