Vendors continue 'pork holiday' amid price cap protests

Vendors in Quezon City's Murphy Market continued their second day of a 'pork holiday' on Tuesday to protest the government-imposed price ceiling.

No pork or chicken was available at Murphy Market on Tuesday, forcing buyers to seek meat from other markets or supermarkets.

Meanwhile, vendors at a market in Sampaloc, Manila, sold meat above the price cap despite the regulations.

On Monday, over 200 pork retailers in Commonwealth Market and more than 50 vendors at Murphy Market decided not to sell pork to avoid losses and penalties.

Vendors cited high costs of goods as the reason for their inability to comply with the price ceilings set by the government.