Matthew Wright doesn’t want his contract situation with Phoenix Super LPG to cause a big distraction as the season-opening PBA Philippine Cup approaches. Photo from PBA Wright’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the first conference, and there are speculations that one of the PBA’s...
Gabriela, a national alliance of women in the Philippines, reiterated that the scrapping of Oil Deregulation Law, as well as the removal of excise tax on major oil products may help solve the continuously soaring oil prices in the country. (Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The women’s...
The Parañaque City government distributed fuel subsidy to around 90 fishermen in the city on Tuesday, May 31. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said aside from the fuel subsidy amounting to P3,000, the city government also distributed 10 kilos of rice to each beneficiary. Mar Jimenez, Public Information...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has approved the donation to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of fuels that were seized by the Bureau of Customs and forfeited in favor of the government. The Customs will turn over a total of 41,356.8 liters of...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 6,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Benguet province are set to receive at least P29,342,000 worth of cash assistance and fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda The assistance is part of...
If you've seen social media posts accusing members of the Matugas family of Surigao del Norte of illegal toll collection from fuel transporters in Siargao Island, that's fake news. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, said reelectionist Surigao del Norte 1st district Rep. Francisco Jose "Bingo"...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, April 27, said the government should expedite the distribution of fuel subsidy to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators as they grapple with the weekly spike in oil prices. Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said that aside from...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered all the local government units (LGUs) Friday, April 22, to submit the validated list of qualified tricycle drivers in the department’s regional offices on or before April 26 as another round of fuel subsidy is in the offing. PNA...
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in its latest advisory, announced it is reviewing its passenger fuel surcharge policy for domestic and international flights. In the meantime, the current Level 4 passenger fuel surcharge, which is normally fixed for two months, stays in place for just one month,...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero sees wisdom in Malacañang's call for the establishment of strategic fuel reserves that would be used by the state to cushion future fuel price hikes. In fact, such proposal is very familiar to the 1-Pacman Party-list representative. House Deputy Speaker Mikee...
Reelectionist Senator Win Gatchalian on Saturday, April 9 said the lack of an existing database has been the cause of delay in the distribution of the government’s fuel subsidy program. “Hanggang ngayon ay marami pang hindi nakakakuha ng ayudang ito halos tatlong linggo na mula nang magsimulang...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has underscored the call to exempt the Department of Agriculture's (DA) distribution of fuel subsidy from the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) spending ban. (FILE PHOTO) The national government, last March, approved a...
