House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said that the Commission on Election (Coomelec) should not consider the distribution of fuel subsidies political nor campaign spending. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez “It is a government agency that is giving the money to...
An estimated 1. 2 million tricycle drivers and operators may be included in the recipients of the fuel subsidies as part of the government's assistance to the transport sector amid the oil price hikes, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday,...
Drivers, farmers and other target beneficiaries will just have to wait a little longer before the distribution of fuel subsidies as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, April 6 the approval of the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)...
PASAHERO Party-list is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “promptly and favorably” act on the request of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to exempt the distribution public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers' fuel subsidy from the election public spending...
Independent presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has questioned the suspension of fuel subsidies to public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) during the election period from March 25 to May 8. Without a legal...
Senator Joel Villanueva has called as "oppressive" the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) spending ban on government offices as members of various industries are in need of subsidies due to increasing oil price hike. Villanueva on Tuesday urged the poll body to suspend its moratorium on the Land...
The distribution of fuel subsidies for drivers and operators of public utility vehicles has been suspended in compliance with the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced on Monday, April 4. The LTFRB is referring to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 4, that it may announce its decision on the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to be exempted from fund releases ban in place during the campaign period by Thursday this week. Screenshot from PTV...
​Senator Grace Poe on Monday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board from its decision which prohibits a government office from spending during the elections season. ​Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services...
CEBU CITY -- Gearing up for the total phase out of traditional jeepneys, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday, March 29, launched more than a hundred of modernized jeepneys and premium taxis in Mandaue City. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory...
A welcome relief for commuters. That's how PASAHERO Party-list founder Robert Nazal described the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) decision to implement a two-week dry run for the return of provincial buses on EDSA starting March 24. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
CAGAYAN -- Authorities are advising motorists to follow the guidelines being implemented by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Region 2 (LTFRB) concerning health protocols or face consequences of being penalized and vehicles impounded. The reminder came after LTFRB Reg 2...
