Senator Joel Villanueva has called as "oppressive" the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) spending ban on government offices as members of various industries are in need of subsidies due to increasing oil price hike. Villanueva on Tuesday urged the poll body to suspend its moratorium on the Land...
The distribution of fuel subsidies for drivers and operators of public utility vehicles has been suspended in compliance with the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced on Monday, April 4. The LTFRB is referring to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, April 4, that it may announce its decision on the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to be exempted from fund releases ban in place during the campaign period by Thursday this week. Screenshot from PTV...
Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the filing Thursday, March 31 of a bill that would institutionalize his earlier proposal of requiring different government agencies to set aside five percent in budgetary savings for the proverbial "rainy days". (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called on concerned government agencies anew to ramp up the distribution of fuel subsidy under the Pantawid Pasada Program to targeted beneficiaries as oil companies impose a new round of fuel price hike this week. Gatchalian noted it is already the end of...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the government to channel all collections from taxes on fuel to a more substantial aid package for struggling households. Instead of the measly P200 monthly allowance, Escudero said Congress should pass a...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday said he supports the call for Congress to review the country’s oil price mechanism, noting how prices of fuel are being defined especially in the oil industry. Bautista made the call amid threats of more price increases as a result of...
ILOILO CITY—Drivers and operators of public jeepneys in the city and province of Iloilo have started receiving a P6,500 fuel subsidy each from the government to cushion the impact of prohibitive fuel prices. Raymundo “Boyet” Parcon, president of the Iloilo City Loop Alliance of Jeepney...
A party-list seeking a House seat in the upcoming 19th Congress has turned to a local government unit (LGU) partner in its bid to soften the blow of skyrocketing fuel prices on public utility vehicles (PUVs), specifically tricycle drivers. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Angat Pinoy Party-list San...
The government can review the current structure of the excise tax laws but it should not do so at the expense of fixing the series of increases in the prices of petroleum, Senator Imee Marcos said on Sunday, March 20. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said the immediate...
Too small, but better than nothing. This was House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera's take on the P200 monthly fuel subsidy that Malacañang plans to distribute to poor Filipino families amid the fuel price crisis. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We...
The government’s fuel subsidies to public transport drivers and operators, while needed, is not enough. That is why the government should start thinking of long-term solutions to address the country’s woes on fuel price increases, senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday....
