Oriental Mindoro inflation eases to 7.4 percent in July

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The province’s inflation rate decreased to 7.4 percent in July, down from 8 percent in June, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Oriental Mindoro during a briefing on August 13. Charlyn Romero-Cantos, the province’s chief statistician, attributed the downtrend primarily to slower price increases in housing, water,