Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo backed the proposal for a four-day work week in the country amid the rising fuel prices, but stressed the need to ensure that workers will not be shortchanged. Vice President Leni Robredo during the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March...
Considering the skyrocketing cost of fuel nowadays, the government should review its order for business process outsourcing (BPO) employees to return to their offices by April 1, former senator and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Thursday. Escudero said that aside...
House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera is in support of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) review of the minimum wage amid the fuel price crisis. File photo DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, on March 9, ordered the Regional Tripartite Wages...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to restore all public utility jeepney (PUJ) routes as a countermeasure to the fuel price surge. He also called on the LTFRB to officially announce...
The House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc committee on Monday, March 7, voiced its frustrations over the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) apparent lack of an official stance in response to the fuel price surge. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The panel discussed during its five-hour meeting...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) slow rollout of the fuel subsidies meant for farmers, and called on the national government to address the rapidly increasing prices of oil. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “Lahat ng...
Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government should “take a serious look” at its own resources as an alternative source of fuel as the price of oil continues to shoot up driven by the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. In a press briefing on...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has proposed four amendments to the much-maligned Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 (Oil Deregulation Law), which he believes will mitigate the rapid increase in fuel prices. Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey...
Amid the runaway increases in pump fuel prices, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas issued a challenge to the candidates vying for the Palace seat in the upcoming 2022 polls: reverse the Oil Deregulation Law. "Kahit bali-baligtarin ang usapin ng taas-presyo ng langis, Oil Deregulation Law pa rin...
One of the largest agricultural groups in the country has joined the snowballing campaign to appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the excise tax on petroleum products as fuel cost continued to soar, thus seriously affecting all areas in the agriculture sector. Samahang Industriya ng...
