DTI launches e-Presyo app in Pangasinan today

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By Elsha Marie B. Soriano (JNDP/EMBS/PIA-1, Pangasinan)

DAGUPAN CITY, July 14 (PIA) – Checking the prevailing prices of basic and prime commodities now comes handy through the online price monitoring system (OPMS) or the e-Presyo application launched by the Department of Trade and Industry in Pangasinan today.

Marjury Loresco, chief trade and industry development specialist of DTI-Pangasinan, said the system serves as an online guide that provides the consumers the prevailing prices of commodities and goods being monitored by their agency.

“The e-Presyo system not only shows the suggested retail prices and prevailing prices of the basic necessities and prime commodities but it also gives the consumers the list of groceries that offers lowest prices for a particular good,” said Loresco during the ‘Pantongtongan Tayo’ radio program of Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Pangasinan on Tuesday.

She added that the system is designed to give consumers the 'best value’ for their money.

The initial establishments included in the system are the SM City Rosales, Savewise and CSI Supermarket in Rosales town but DTI targets to cover all groceries and supermarkets provincewide.

For mobile access, the e-Presyo application is available for download for android phones.

Meanwhile, Loresco said in line with the National Disaster Consciousness Month this July, DTI advised all retailers to revisit their disaster preparedness plan and increase their inventory of basic goods by at least 10 percent in response to the needs of relief goods in case of disaster occurrence.