SAN MATEO | Mga magulang umaaray sa Php2-5 pesos na pagtaas sa presyo ng school supplies

Dalawang piso hanggang P5.00 ang napansin ng ilang magulang na pagtaas sa presyo ng school supplies sa San Mateo, Isabela. Ayon kay Gng. Imelda Antonio , unti – unti ang kanyang pagbili ng mga supplies supply upang hindi siya gaanong mahirapan ngunit kapansin-pansin ang pagtaas na ng presyo ng kanyang binibili. NEWS SOURCE: School supplies, tumaas Posted By: Bombo Radyo Cauayanon: May 19, 2018 | 3:17 AM. PHOTO SOURCE: http://transfi.blogspot.com/2011/08/pagbasa-this-doesnt-apply-in-english.html

GMA NEWS: Prices of some school supplies, especially paper-based products, have already gone up a month before the school year 2018-2019 starts, GMA News' Marisol Abdurahman reported on 24 Oras on Tuesday. Prices of paper products such as notebooks with 80 leaves have gone up by P1 to P3 per piece. Meanwhile, prices of pad papers increased by P0.50 to P3.25 per piece, and intermediate pad by P1 to P5, while prices of crayons rose by P2 to P10 per pack. (Prices of some school supplies up Published May 8, 2018 8:30pm; www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/652692/prices-of-some-school-supplies-up/story/)

The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) law is indeed a factor behind the higher prices of school supplies for the coming school year, the Department of Trade and Industry admitted. DTI Pangasinan provincial director Engr. Peter Mangabat noted the prices of most school supplies in the province have increased by 30 percent. “(The TRAIN) law is one of the reasons as there is an additional excise tax in raw materials, so it is given that the prices of finished products will increase. The high price of crude oil is also another factor,” he said. (Ano say mo Sonny? DTI says TRAIN hikes school supplies price; May 20, 2018 @ 11:18; northluzon.politics.com.ph/ano-say-mo-sonny-dti-says-train-hikes-school-supplies-price/)