A group of tricycle operators and drivers in Muntinlupa has asked the Muntinlupa City government to grant their request to increase the fare by P1 per person in light of the increase in gasoline prices in the country. The Federation of Muntinlupa Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association...
With a ‘mega spike’ of $150 per barrel oil in the world market anticipated in the days ahead, the Philippines is subsequently seen bracing for P100 per liter oil at the domestic petroleum pumps, especially for gasoline products that are now inching closer to P90 per liter. In a briefing with...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is putting more pressure on the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the long-sought strategic petroleum reserve (SPR). (Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook page) In a statement Saturday, March 5, the former House deputy speaker said the energy...
President Duterte will start to campaign for the national and local candidates of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) starting on March 25, the faction of the party led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said on Friday. “As Chairman of the PDP Laban, President Duterte...
President Duterte revealed that he has prohibited members of his Cabinet from campaigning for any candidate this election season and that only Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is allowed to do so because he heads a political party. President Rodrigo Duterte and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi...
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi will travel to the United States early part of March to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American government for the targeted deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) for the planned nuclear power installations in the Philippines. The outgoing...
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, Feb. 21 cautioned Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso from seeking the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan's (PDP-Laban) endorsement for the presidency, saying that such support is already...
The only way to for a presidential candidate to get the President Rodrigo Duterte’s Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban’s (PDP-Laban) endorsement is for them to adhere to the party’s “11-point Agenda for Continuity” which includes the continuation of the administration’s war on drugs,...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the ruling political party will support the presidential candidate who would adhere to and continue President Duterte’s legacy and “agenda of change.” Cusi, PDP-Laban president, said the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 7, reiterated her support for the Senate resolution that seeks to recommend the filing of criminal charges against Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and other Department of Energy (DOE) officials that had a hand in the irregular sale of a 45-percent stake in...
President Duterte has aired "grave concern" over what he described as the "apparent effort" at the Senate to put in a bad light the recent developments involving the Malampaya Gas Field. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "This casts undue, undeserved, and unwarranted aspersion on the...
The Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution that recommends the filing of charges against Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi and other officials of the department who are involved in the approval of the sale of the participating shares of Chevron in the Malampaya gas field. The...
