Food inflation heavily hits Bukidnon’s poorest households

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — The poorest households in Bukidnon province struggled with a 9.5-percent inflation in September, up from 8.0 percent in August, driven mainly by rising food prices—particularly rice and corn. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on October 12 showed that the average inflation rate for the province’s bottom 30% income households