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)...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Ukrainian helicopters have bombed a fuel storage depot in western Russia sparking a huge fire, the regional governor said Friday, in the first reported air strike by Kyiv on Russian soil. This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on...
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...
Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodirguez of Cagayan de Oro remains optimistic of things: first, that Vice President Leni Robredo will be the next president of the country. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez And second, that a Robredo presidency might pave the way for the suspension of excise taxes on fuel which...
Luzon grand winner, Jomar Alluag, uses the PriceLOCQ app when claiming his free fuel at Seaoil station in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. Two delivery riders and a working student are building their dreams as grand prize winners of Seaoil’s Lifetime Free Gas (LFG) promo this year. Luzon winner, Jomar...
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...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday renewed his call for the government to suspend the excise tax on fuel to mitigate the ongoing global crisis on petroleum products brought about by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Ejercito said it’s imperative for the government to...
EDITORS DESK Iñigo S. Roces If Filipinos were hesitant to adopt electrified vehicles in the past, the recent hemming and hawing of fuel prices at high levels are certainly an impetus now. Electrified vehicles were designed to wean us off of fossil fuels by extracting power from electricity rather...
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...
To further conserve fuel amid skyrocketing pump prices, President Duterte urged the public to just take mass transit services, particularly trains. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ako pa sa inyo (If I were you), you better learn or practice now to ride itong mga MRT, LRT (the Metro...
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...
