The chairman of the House Committee on Social Services is calling for the formulation of a true-blue integrated approach to the worsening fuel price crisis. This, as Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas expressed fears that the current fuel price woes would cause another "disruption" on the...
House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee co-chairperson Joey Salceda said that the "worst is yet to come" in terms of to the fuel situation even as he projected double-digit or near double-digit increases on pump prices next week. "Current crude prices is at USD 127 . At the pump, this may translate to...
So what has the Department of Energy (DOE) been doing amid the successive and hefty price hikes on fuel? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook page) For former House Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte, the agency simply isn't doing enough to give the...
So critical is the issue on skyrocketing pump fuel prices that Congress should be allowed to hold special sessions in order to help remedy the situation. House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero made this pitch to...
The decision of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to go against the grain and impose power rate cuts amid steadily rising pump fuel prices wasn't lost to former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones. Meralco logo In a statement, Palmones hailed the power distribution giant for announcing a...
Former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones finds the continued pump fuel price hikes in the early part of 2022 very concerning as it shows the vulnerability of Filipino consumers to the volatile international oil market. (MANILA BULLETIN) “Fuel prices are continuously increasing and consumers...
Malacañang is looking at both the possibility of suspending the excise tax on fuel and giving fuel subsidies to the public transport sector amid the soaring prices of petroleum. (Manny Llanes/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thus said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a virtual press conference Monday,...
Malacañang will find a way to assist the beleaguered public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers amid the skyrocketing prices of pump fuel. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this assurance in a virtual press conference Tuesday, Oct. 19, or a day after a "big time"...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will design a revenue-sharing scheme for farmers and indigenous people (IPs) who will manage the forest areas surrounding the massive P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) in Pinukpuk, Kalinga. In a statement, the DENR...
Don't you wish you knew the pump fuel prices at a specific gasoline station before even going there? (Photo from DOE Facebook page) Motorists will have this convenience soon thanks to a partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and motorcycle taxi riding service Angkas. The partnership...
Consumers’ pockets will finally experience slight relief as prices at petroleum pumps are anticipated to be on moderate rollback next week. Oil companies have calculated prospective price reduction of P0.40 to P0.45 per liter for diesel products; and marginal downward adjustment of P0.10 to P0.20...
The price of gasoline products at the pumps will go up by P0.20 per liter starting this morning; and diesel by P0.05 per liter, according to the advisories sent by the oil companies. The other key fuel commodity kerosene will also be increased by P0.45 per liter; and it will have the biggest...
