Robredo’s advice to Filipinos: Economize, plant vegetables to fight inflation

NAGA CITY – Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday advised Filipino families to economize and invest on planting vegetables and fruits while the government finds solutions to the inflation rate issue.

In an interview with local media, Robredo said Filipinos, in times like these, should find ways to survive on their own and not rely solely on government aid.

“Mag tipid tayo, huwag bumili ng mga hindi naman kailangan tsaka magtanim ng gulay at prutas. Huwag umasa at maghintay lang sa gobyerno, kailangan kumilos tayo at maghanap ng hanapbuhay sa ganitong oras kasi kung maghihintay lang mas lalong mararamdaman ang kahirapan,” Robredo said.

(Let’s be thrifty, don’t buy things that are not necessary and plant vegetables and fruits. Don’t just wait for the government, we should take steps on our own and find a source of income because if we just wait, the more we would feel the hardship.)

Robredo was here to lead the turnover of hospital equipment at the Our Lady of Lourdes of Infirmary in Barangay Carolina. She was also home to attend the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Bicol’s patroness, which started Friday and will end Sept. 16.