The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) (Tuesday, August 16) slashed down local carriers' fuel surcharge rates from Level 12 to Level 9, effective September, bringing hope of cheaper air tickets and more travel bookings. Airlines are allowed to pass on higher fuel costs to passengers via fuel surcharges...
More than 126,000 corn farmers and fisherfolk have been allocated with the government's Fuel Discount for Farmers and Fisherfolk Program (FDFFP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday, Aug. 9. The program rolled out in March this year and is now nearing the realization of its goal of...
Economist-congressman Joey Salceda gave a rather bleak outlook for food inflation in the country for the rest of the year, but cited a potential silver lining when it comes to fuel prices. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda "Food inflation continues to be on a rapid momentum, from 4.9 percent in...
A total of 1,434 tricycle drivers and operators in Quezon City have received fleet cards with P1,000 fuel subsidy from the local government from July 7 to Aug. 3. Benjamin Ibon III, Task Force head for Transport and Traffic Management-Tricycle Regulatory Division chief, told Manila Bulletin on...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) took delivery of its 8th new Airbus A320NEO using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on Sunday, July 17, from Hamburg, Germany. The airline intends to use SAF for the delivery of three more aircraft later this year. So far, the latest A320NEO was CEB's fourth aircraft delivery for...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday, July 13, distributed fleet cards with P1,000 fuel subsidy to 274 tricycle drivers from the city’s second district. The beneficiaries who received the fuel subsidy cards on Wednesday were members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA)...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to offer more refunds and rebates to consumers, on top of the long-sought unbundling of fuel prices. “If there are any more refund or rebate...
Were you thrilled by this week's "big time" price rollback on pump fuel products? Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Facebook) If so, you shouldn't, based on former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate's perspective on fuel price movements so far this 2022. "Since January this year diesel prices...
With incessantly rising fuel prices in the world market, the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) had been ordered to implement cost cutting measures in their operations so as not to create additional burden to consumers. The National Electrification Administration (NEA) told the ECs to “to...
The Muntinlupa City government has implemented measures to reduce fuel and gasoline use for all its vehicles amid the rising oil prices in the country. In a resolution dated July 4, the city government’s Local Finance Committee recommended the fuel-saving measures that will be carried out for all...
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 6,000 fisherfolk beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas are set to receive fuel discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) to help them cope with the continuous increase in oil prices. BFAR-Region 8 information officer...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is looking to expand the government's fuel subsidy to tricycle drivers. A tricycle association in Muntinlupa is requesting a P1 increase in fare (Photo from the Muntinlupa police's Facebook page) Marcos said this was among the matters they discussed during...
