Local gasoline prices are poised for a minimal discount in the first week of November, while diesel and kerosene consumers can expect a price increase. Starting Tuesday, Nov. 5, gasoline prices will decrease by P0.10 per liter, diesel will increase by P0.75 a liter, and kerosene will receive a...
Motorists can expect some relief at the pumps next week, with industry estimates indicating a likely rollback in gasoline and diesel prices. Based on the latest oil trading data, gasoline prices are projected to decrease by P0.40 to P0.70 per liter. Diesel prices are expected to remain steady...
Filipino consumers are facing yet another round of fuel price hikes this year. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 29, gasoline prices will increase by P0.20 per liter, while diesel and kerosene will rise by P0.50 per liter. Major oil companies, including Shell Pilipinas, Caltex, and Clean Fuel, attributed the...
Motorists brace for another hefty round of oil price hikes as fuel retailers announced adjustments effective Tuesday, Oct. 15. Several major oil companies, including Shell, Seaoil, CleanFuel, and Caltex, have announced that gasoline prices will increase by P2.65 per liter, while diesel and kerosene...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has announced a reduction in electricity rates for October, while motorists should prepare for significant increases in fuel prices next week. Meralco said that electricity rates will decrease by P0.3587 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), bringing the overall cost for a...
Ikano Retail, the parent company of IKEA Philippines, reported a modest decline in revenues due to rising consumers prices. Christian Roejkjaer, Ikano Retail chief executive officer, said the company closed its financial year ending Aug. 31 in the Philippines with a turnover of EUR141 million...
Filipinos do not need to worry about rising extra rice prices, as they are projected to fall due to better global supply, allowing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to speed up the lowering of borrowing costs in the coming months, according to British banking giant HSBC. Aris Dacanay, chief...
By DERCO ROSAL UK-based banking giant HSBC announced that the battle to control surging inflation in the country has been won. “We think the BSP's [Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas] inflation battle is finally over,” the bank stated, following the sharp decline in inflation in September. HSBC...
Rice prices from earlier this year. (MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos' allies in the in the House of Representatives are still not giving up on the Chief Executive's dream of achieving P20 per kilo rice. This, after Albay 2nd...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that consumers can expect a potential gasoline price rollback next week, while diesel prices are likely to increase. Rino Abad, DOE Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) directo said these contrasting movements are due to various economic factors. ...
As inflation slid to its lowest level in four years, the Philippines' chief economist is looking forward to more Filipinos lifted out of poverty. "With inflation dropping from its high levels last year and early this year, together with the continuing robust labor market, we expect poverty to...
The rate of increase in consumer prices likely slowed to its lowest level since October 2020, with forecasts indicating a decline to 2.5 percent for September, from 3.3 percent in August. Stefan Angrick, Moody’s Analytics senior economist, explained that the significant decrease in inflation is...
