The director for the governmental National Institute for Price Stabilization (INESPRE) announced yesterday that the programs for farmers’ markets and the sale of everyday food items would be intensified in the coming days as an effort to halt the price speculation that has been seen in the price of rice, for example. According to Pablo Mercedes, the head of INESPRE, there will be 50 trucks selling products such as onions, rice and other staples in the Santo Domingo area. In Santiago, Moca and Puerto Plata, there will be 30 trucks working on public direct-to-consumer sales.