By MYRNA M. VELASCO The roughly 8.0 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will suffer ‘electric shock’ from its P2.1496 per kilowatt hour (kWh) hefty rate hike in the July billing, which were triggered by uptick in the generation charge with high exposure in the Wholesale...
National Economics and Development Authority Arsenio M. Balisacan said that the P35 wage hike in Metro Manila will not greatly impact the economic growth as well as employment numbers. During a press briefing in Malacañang, Balisacan said that around 40,000 to 140,000 workers may be affected by...
(Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) The executive and the legislature must prioritize measures that seek to lower fuel prices for the sake of ordinary Filipinos. Thus, said House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro even as...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Water District (DCWD) has announced a 10 percent water rate increase this month. JC Duhaylungsod, DCWD spokesperson, said that the increase is the third tranche of the 60 percent water rate adjustment approved by Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) in July...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said on Thursday, July 4, that the wage increase for workers in Metro Manila is deemed “reasonable.” However, Enunina V. Mangio, PCCI president, said in a statement that the P35 wage hike is also causing concerns for their members striving...
Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando Valeriano (left), Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (Facebook) Congressmen from Manila have praised the National Capital Region (NCR) Wage Board for issuing a new minimum wage increase for Metro Manila in the amount...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described the newly approved P35 minimum wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR) as an “insult”, and said that it failed to...
(Kathleen Jean Forbes) House Assistant Minority Leader Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is up in arms over the reported proposal of employers' groups to increase workers' wages by a meager P24. Brosas, a member of the Makabayan bloc,...
DAVAO CITY – An additional increase in electricity rate may be implemented within the franchise area of the Aboitiz-led Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) starting this month due to the effect of El the Niño phenomenon. Fermin Edillon, head of the Reputation Enhancement Department of DLPC, said...
CEBU CITY – A retired police general has asked the court to stop the municipal government of Sogod in northern Cebu from implementing an ordinance that imposes what he described as exorbitant water rates. Jose Marie Espino and wife Rose, residents of Sogod, have filed a petition with application...
Metro Manila public school teachers on Sunday, June 9, welcomed the suspension of the performance system, reiterated calls to scrap burdensome evaluations, and pressed for substantial salary increases and just benefits. (Manila Bulletin file photo) “We laud President Marcos' move to review the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave an enthusiastic response when asked about the calls on Congress to prioritize the proposed legislated wake hike for teachers. Romualdez told...
