A House leader wants to institutionalize in the 19th Congress a 50 percent reduction on the fee imposed on overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) money remittances. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) This benefit is the main feature of House Bill (HB) No. 185,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 6,000 fisherfolk beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas are set to receive fuel discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) to help them cope with the continuous increase in oil prices. BFAR-Region 8 information officer...
(PIXABAY) Various government agencies have issued a joint memorandum circular providing the guidelines for the online purchases on essential good and commodities of senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). JMC No. 1, Series of 2022, was signed on May 6, by the Department of Social...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 6,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Benguet province are set to receive at least P29,342,000 worth of cash assistance and fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda The assistance is part of...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday urged gasoline station operators to offer discounts as oil prices continue to increase. “In the absence of oil price control under a deregulated regime, we urge operators of gasoline stations to ensure competitive prices by offering its customers discounts on fuel...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has appealed to oil companies to provide bigger fuel discounts for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who are still reeling hard from the effects of the pandemic and the increasing pump prices. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Asking oil companies to offer consumers with discount on oil prices is what the Department of Energy (DOE) can only do for now to cushion the effects of the continuous oil price hike, an agency official said Friday, Oct. 22. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) DOE Assistant Secretary Gerardo Erguiza...
Efforts in domestic tourism are being strengthened. All that’s left is your support Travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. We live in troubled times, but that’s all the more reason for us to find or make our own happiness. Being “out there,” visiting places we’ve only...
In an effort to revive the tourism industry, the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association (HSMA) is bringing back its biggest travel sale hit with massive promotions and discounts for travelers who have been longing to go out after more than a year in lockdown. (Photo from Shangri-La Boracay) In a...
As an incentive to Filipino consumers who already availed of their Covid-19 vaccines, independent player Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. is extending price discounts ranging from P2.00 to P3.00 per liter on its fuel products for vaccinated motorists. Unioil's price discounts, which started June...
The House special committee on senior citizens on Thursday, May 27, gave its approval on the proposed laws to further expand the benefits of senior citizens in paying water and electricity bills. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) House Bills No. 1903 and 3040 both seek to amend the...
Uy-led Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. is extending two-pronged assistance to farmers and fisherfolk by providing fuel assistance of up to P4.00 per liter until yearend; as well as allotting retail or vending space for them to sell their products at the company’s designated gasoline stations....
