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...
NLEX showed poised down the stretch and eked out a 114-108 victory against Phoenix in overtime in the PBA Philippine Cup Thursday, June 30 at the Araneta Coliseum. Calvin Oftana (PBA) Calvin Oftana, who hit a game-tying three which enabled the overtime, led the Road Warriors and flirted with a...
A total of 617,806 qualified recipients will receive fuel cash subsidies under the "Pantawid Pasada Program for Tricycle Drivers” to ease their financial woes amid the rising cost of petroleum products since late last year, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on...
The incoming Marcos administration has a daunting, king-sized economic problem and it needs all the help it could muster, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, June 25. Interviewed by DWIZ radio, Gatchalian identified the big problems of President-elect Bongbong Marcos such as inflation,...
CEBU CITY – Uncalibrated fuel pumps were discovered during an inspection of gasoline stations here Monday, June 20. The fuel pumps were found to be uncalibrated when personnel from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) and the City Hall Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification, and Enhancement...
As global aviation fuel prices continued to skyrocket, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in its Wednesday, June 22, advisory, added 13 more levels to its passenger and cargo fuel surcharge matrix, which until this month has Level 7 at the maximum. Now, CAB's passenger and fuel surcharge matrix is...