Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday said he would push for additional cash subsidies for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers as local pump prices of oil is expected to continue rising as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on. With the global disruption on oil supply and distribution,...
Senator Imee Marcos has said it is high time for the Philippines to talk to its Asian neighbors to help with the county’s oil supply and also look at sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, issued this statement during a brief...
One of the diplomats who met with President-elect Bongbong Marcos Wednesday, June 15 said her government is willing to help facilitate a deal for Angola to supply the Philippines with oil. President-elect Bongbong Marcos's reception to Ambassador of South Africa H.E. Bartinah Ntombizodwa...
BACOLOD CITY – Some jeepney drivers here took time off the streets as they joined the driver’s holiday amid the series of bigtime oil price hikes in the country. Diego Malacad, secretary general of the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (Undoc), said the activity aimed to call on the...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Wednesday urged the government to improve the country’s cycling lanes as increasing gas prices are expected to propel more workers to use bicycles and scooters as alternative modes of transportation. But Ejercito said the national government should...
Motorists who will be filling up their vehicles with diesel products, including those in the public transport sector, will have to bear higher costs this week as the price of this fuel commodity will rise by P4.30 per liter, according to the price adjustment advisories of the oil companies. In...
Consumers will need to squeeze blood from stone again as the price of petroleum commodities will track another wave of big-time hikes at the pumps next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. On the estimates of industry players, the price of diesel products will soar by additional...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 7 said months of sluggish government response has pushed the oil-hit transportation sector to the edge. Poe issued the statement as a number of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators are set to stage a widescale transportation strike should the problem...
Amid the continuous oil price hikes that leave jeepney drivers almost without income, Malacañang on Monday, June 6, pleaded with the drivers ​not to push with their planned operations stoppage expected this week. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement the government...
Consumers will brace for new round of financial torment this week as the price of diesel will rise by P6.55 per liter, while gasoline prices will go up by P2.70 per liter, according to notices sent by the industry players. For kerosene, which is a base product for aviation fuel and a critical...
Motorists filling up their vehicles with diesel shall brace for a financial next week, as the price of this fuel commodity is anticipated to soar by as much as P6.30 to P6.50 per liter, based on calculation by oil companies. Industry players similarly estimated that the price of gasoline will rise...
Local fishers were left with no choice but to look for alternative jobs apart from fishing amid the continuous fuel cost hike in the Philippines. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) National Chairperson Fernando...
