Manila, July 10 -- The San Juanico Bridge crisis has contributed to the 0.7 percent increase in the June 2025 inflation rate (IR) of Eastern Visayas due to higher cost of transporting products, officials said Thursday.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) regional director Wilma Perante said all three provinces in Samar registered higher inflation last month, weeks after the enforcement of a three-ton load limit on the 2.16-km. bridge that links Leyte to Samar Island.

Northern Samar posted the highest increase, with the latest inflation rate accelerating to 2.8 percent from 0.5 percent in May. From 0.6 percent in the previous month, Eastern Samar's inflation rose to 1.9 percent during the same period.

In Samar province, rate of price ...