Traditional interventions during and after major disaster events usually focus on the welfare of
individuals and households, often at the expense or neglect of local economic recovery. The Price
Act (Republic Act or RA 7581) establishes a mechanism that supposedly protects consumers from inadequate
supply of goods and unreasonable price increase in occasions of disasters and emergencies.
RA 7581 is an example of a double-edged policy which protects a section of the populace
(consumers) and holds back another (local enterprises). This study focuses on the implications of
RA 7581 during disaster events and answers issues on the effects of price control on consumer
protection and local economic recovery as well as provides discourse on the effects of price
control imposition during occasions of calamities, emergencies, and like occurrences.