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...
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...
Consumers can temporarily heave a sigh of relief this week as the price of diesel products will be on rollback by a significant P3.10 per liter while kerosene prices will also be trimmed by P2.10 per liter as announced by the oil companies. For gasoline products, the reduction had been at a very...
If you see an orange 1973 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi parked in a food park, that’s Kombi Brew (sometimes spelled KombiBrew), a mobile coffee shop whose unique creations has been steadily gathering a loyal fanbase that began with the biking community, but now includes everyone else. Budz Badua runs...
Motorists with diesel-fed vehicles will experience relief as this fuel commodity will be on a hefty rollback of P3.00 to P3.20 per liter next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. Another product that will have significant price decline is kerosene at the scale of P2.00 to P2.20 per...
