A vendor waits for customers at his milkfish (bangus) stall in Farmers Market, Quezon City, on Tuesday (Sept. 9, 2025). The Department of Agriculture reported that successive weather disturbances pushed vegetable and fish prices higher, raising overall inflation in August to 1.5 percent, with vegetable and fish inflation accelerating to 10 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)
