Small supermarkets struggling to keep up with the lower prices of sugar offered in big supermarkets will have to wait before getting help from the government amid the sugar problem in the country. Supermarket shoppers (Manila Bulletin article) Malacañang said on Wednesday, Aug. 24, they will...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. disclosed that the government was looking into the possibility that food manufacturers would be able to directly import sugar to address the "worrisome" sugar problem in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with the members of the...
Filipino consumers can continue to breathe a sigh of relief, however tiny the rollback maybe, on their weekly fuel budgets as pump prices are due to come down again by Tuesday, Aug. 16, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, diesel prices will be reduced...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. has met with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual to talk about the prices of fertilizers in the country, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said on Friday, August 12. Communications Secretary...
Growth in consumer prices soared further in July to 6.4 percent from 6.1 percent in June, bringing year to date inflation to 4.7 percent, as supply limitations in the domestic market squeezed food costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday, Aug. 5. Headline inflation, which...
Filipino consumers can gain partial financial relief in their budgets this week, as the price of diesel will be trimmed by P0.60 per liter; and kerosene products will be on downtrend by P0.75 per liter. Additionally, the price of cooking fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be on rollback by...
For the fifth time in a series of cost adjustments in the past two months, the pockets of consumers will be eased partly with the anticipated rollback in diesel and kerosene prices next week, but motorists using gasoline are not as lucky because the cost of this commodity will go up. Industry...
Filipino motorists can enjoy another week of less worry on their fuel expenses as oil companies implement their cost rollback at the pumps on Tuesday, July 26. In the cost adjustment advisories, oil companies announced that the price of diesel will be reduced by P1.85 per liter; while gasoline...
Filipino consumers will have another streak of luck next week on their fuel budgets as prices will be on another round of rollback, albeit modest, with diesel products anticipated to have heftier cost reduction of P1.80 to P2.10 per liter. Additionally, oil firms calculated price cut of P0.40 to...
Barangay Health Wellness (BHW) Party-list Rep. Angela Co has bared her "wish list" for the maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. First, Co wants Marcos to mention the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers. “I wish President Ferdinand Marcos Jr...
Seeking to address the increasing prices of fertilizers, President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. said he is willing to pursue government-to-government (G2G) deals. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) The government could avail of...
Consumers are up for another week of relief on their fuel budgets, as oil firms will reduce prices of gasoline products by P5.00 per liter, and diesel by P2.00 per liter effective Tuesday, July 19. The oil companies similarly advised on a price reduction of P0.70 per liter for kerosene products,...
