Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday, March 8 said it is incumbent upon him to convene the Senate if President Duterte calls for a special session in connection with the runaway fuel prices. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) ‘’Its part of our work,’’ said Sotto who, along with...
The government’s fuel subsidy program is the best solution to the problem caused by successive fuel price hikes. House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco had this to say Monday, March 7, the same day that the chamber's Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee convened for the first time in order to discuss relief...
House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee co-chairperson Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Monday, March 7 that it's President Duterte’s "moral obligation" to give Filipino consumers relief from the unabated fuel price hikes. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) As such, the outspoken economist-solon...
An "Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee" will convene in the House of Representatives next week to tackle possible solutions to the problem of runaway domestic fuel prices. (Photo from House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco's Facebook) This was confirmed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco Friday afternoon,...
In the midst of the political campaign, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday, March 3 said he is agreeable to hold plenary sessions to amend the Oil Deregulation law if President Duterte calls Congress to a special session. Sotto issued this statement on appeals for Malacanang to...
Malacañang has committed to keep the public posted as it weighs in on airing publicly the "special meeting" President Duterte will hold within the day, March 1, amid the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia due to its sensitivity. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Acting Presidential...
PASAHERO Party-list has added its voice to the growing clamor of stakeholders who want to suspend excise tax on oil products amid concerns that local pump prices would continue to climb in the coming weeks. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) According to Allan Yap, the party-list's founder, the proposed...
Sen. Manny Pacquiao, presidential candidate of PROMDI Party and PDP-Laban (Pimentel Wing), is willing to cancel sorties and other campaign operations to join a special session of Congress for the enactment of a bill that would propose the reduction or suspension of excise taxes on fuel. Sen. Manny...
So critical is the issue on skyrocketing pump fuel prices that Congress should be allowed to hold special sessions in order to help remedy the situation. House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero made this pitch to...
Senatorial aspirant Salvador Panelo has called out Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez for his remark relating to persons with special needs to ridicule his political rival. In a statement, Panelo, father of the late Salvador Panelo III who had down syndrome, said he was "saddened"...
Despite being men of stature, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto willingly submitted themselves to regular health and safety protocols when they arrived in Baguio city Thursday evening, Feb. 17 for a two-day visit....
DBM releases P7.9-B for HCW allowances By Chino S. Leyco The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released nearly P8 billion to the new compensation system that replaced the special risk allowances given to healthcare workers (HCWs) In a statement, the DBM said on Thursday, Feb. 17, that...
