For the third time, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) suspended the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-ALL) charge in the electric bills of consumers to help ease the financial burden of ordinary Filipinos. The regulatory body ordered the suspension Tuesday, Aug. 22, the third time the...
Price surges at the domestic pumps will partly cool off next week, as the adjustments will be relatively moderate, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, gasoline prices will rise by P0.70 to P1.00 per liter; while diesel prices may not change because the...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has dropped for the fifth consecutive month. A report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-6) said the inflation rate went down by one percent to 5.8 percent in July from 6.8 percent in June. A WOMAN passes by stalls selling...
Cooler temperatures in the past weeks have dampened overall electricity demand benefitting customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) with P0.2908 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate reduction in their August bills. Relative to the rate downtrend, the utility firm said that residential end-users in...
The Marcos Administration will roll out next month the Lifeline Rate program, which aims to benefit qualified low-income households to help them pay their electricity bills, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Meralco The Lifeline Rate is a subsidized rate given to...
More than 7.7 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will likely experience relief in their power bills this August, as the utility firm is anticipating downtrend in its overall rate in this billing cycle. “While we have yet to receive the final billings from our suppliers, we...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. indeed has basis to say that prices of goods are "stabilizing", but this benefit may not be felt by common Filipinos. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who prodded the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. seemed to have pleased the audience of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), with almost 70 applause on Monday, July 24. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center) delivers his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) as (from left) Senate...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth consecutive month. A VEGETABLE stall at the La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth straight month....
The index crimes in the first six months of this year went down by 10.14 percent compared to the same period in 2022, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Monday, July17. Index crimes include murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, motorcycle theft and vehicle...
More than seven million customers of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will feel relief in their pockets this month, as the tariffs pass-on of the company is highly anticipated to go down in the July billing cycle. According to Meralco Vice President and Head of Corporate...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Economist-congressman Joey Salceda has boldy predicted that the country’s inflation rate slowdown would continue up to December, pegging it a below 3.0 percent before year's end. “The June inflation rate of 5.4 percent is the fifth consecutive...
