Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, January 5 lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for suspending the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s premium rate hikes at the beginning of this year 2023. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said Congress...
A teachers’ group on Tuesday, Jan. 3, backed the administration’s decision to suspend the scheduled Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) premium contribution increase for the calendar year 2023. (Noel Pabalate / Manila Bulletin) A memorandum released by the Office of the...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) ought to provide consumers a detailed computation on how it came up with the amounts of water rate increases for its two private concessionaires. (Noah/ Unsplash) Thus, said House Deputy Minority Leader ang Bagong Henerasyon Party-List Rep....
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), this city’s sole electricity distributor, has implemented another power rate increase, the second in three months. A MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) line man at work in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) MORE Power announced on Friday,...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate urged Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to reconsider its decision to impose another power rate hike, the sixth this year, saying that it is ill-timed as Filipinos are still reeling from the devastating effects of the COVID-19...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Sept. 14 called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and power companies to suspend any planned electricity rate increases until the Senate Committee on Energy is done with its investigation into the rotational power outages last May and June. Hontiveros...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 15 urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate Manila Electric Co.'s (Meralco) recent announcement of a power rate hike for June saying it “defies logic” even under the regime of deregulation. Hontiveros said the ERC must provide a...
Despite stifled demand because of the re-imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the so-called NCR plus bubble, prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) have been hitting record-spikes in recent trading days because of the combined impact of simultaneous power plant...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is appealing to the House of Representatives for an “objective decision” on the proposed measures postponing the contribution rate hike for this year. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive, said the pension fund’s...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) warned that any delay in implementing the scheduled increase in contribution rate as well as minimum and maximum monthly salary credits (MSCs) could endanger the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive, said delayed...
