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That P500 noche buena meal
The Freeman
|December 01, 2025
Netizens and people from all walks of life reacted strongly after the Department of Trade and Industry said P500 is enough for a simple noche buena meal for Christmas.
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The furor has been such that DTI Secretary Cristina Roque found it necessary to come forward and explain what she said earlier.
“All of those prices were taken from the Noche Buena price guide of the DTI. Puwede diskartehan, definitely. And the prices are all in the price guide set by the DTI, so I don't know why they are making a big deal about it when it's really kasya,” she said in a statement.
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