However, many are questioning the increase as it does not commensurate with their salary's slow increment.
Despite government efforts to curb these problems via monitoring and warnings, the prices of the goods or more precisely, the cost of living is still on the rise.
The abolishment of sugar subsidies was met by news of rising prices of food and drinks, which is closely related by the increase in oil prices.
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