The purchasing power of Filipino motorists will be on another round of assault, as pump prices are expected to rise again at the gasoline stations next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of gasoline will rise by P0.10 to P0.50 per...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. received no recommendation to impose a price ceiling on the runaway costs of onions late last year. This, after the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) failed to...
An additional credit line of P10 billion for state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is planned for next year to prevent blackouts in the off-grid areas it has been servicing. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla, the new amount will be on top of the P5 billion that had been...
Oil companies will implement another round of massive price hikes with gasoline prices anticipated to rise P1.60 to P2.00 per liter. Diesel users will also brace for a fresh increase of P1.15 to P1.45 per liter while kerosene prices will have a heftier upswing of P2.00 to P2.40 per liter. The...
Red onions (File photo/ Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Department of Agriculture (DA) official has assured congressmen that onion prices will have a ceiling of P170 per kilo in December, but only after he was threatened with sanction if ever "history repeats...
Motorists filling up their vehicles with diesel products will have another week of agonizing trip to the petroleum pumps as the price of this commodity will rise by hefty P3.60 to P3.90 per liter. For households and key industries like aviation, the cost burden will also come heavy because the cost...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A price freeze has been implemented for basic commodities after this province was placed under a state of calamity due to typhoon “Egay.” The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Cagayan Consumer Protection Division said that the price freeze automatically applies...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sternly warned establishments against violating the price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) that took effect in areas affected by Typhoon "Egay". DTI S ecretary Alfredo E. Pascual reminded business establishments that the price...
Consumers will have a bit of luck in the days ahead as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices will be on rollback by P3.70 to P3.73 per kilogram (kg) this July, while prices at the domestic pumps will likewise be on downtrend by Tuesday (July 4), based on the calculation of the industry players. For...
The Puregold Sari-Sari Store Negosyo Convention 2023 is a celebration of the Filipinos’ entrepreneurial spirit. Participated by 10,000 sari-sari store owners and trade partners who trooped to the World Trade Center on May 18, the opening day of the three-day event was a colossal success. The...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga says there's a "high probability" that the panel would recommend the filing of charges against some "personalities" in connection with the onion price surge...
It will be a distressing drive to petroleum pumps this week as the price of diesel products will rise by P1.40 per liter; while gasoline prices will have relatively marginal increase of P0.35 per liter, as announced by the oil companies. Additionally, the industry players sent notices that the price...
