Senator Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to provide for the automatic suspension of excise tax on gasoline and diesel. The suspension will take effect when the average Dubai crude oil price based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPs) exceeds $80 per barrel over a three-month period. Earlier,...
Present and former lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc ripped apart the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision that favored the implementation of the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) power price hikes. ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate (photos from congress,gov.ph)...
Returning Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has vowed to continue to fight for “what is closest” to his heart and that is to resolve the plight of Filipino workers here and abroad. Senator-elect Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada takes his oath of office on Tuesday, January 28, 2022 before Supreme Court...
If there's one President Duterte initiative that should be continued immediately by President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., it's the "libreng sakay" or free ride program, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "I hope that the new...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo M. Lacson has sought a conditional suspension of the excise tax on fuel, and the scrapping of several lines of exemption in the Value-Added Tax (VAT). Lacson said this two-pronged formula could give Filipinos some badly needed breathing room from the effects of prohibitive...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, June 21, asked the Department of Energy (DOE) for its proposal to help sectors badly affected by the increasing fuel prices. Senator Imee Marcos (Senate of the Philippines) Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, said the proposal for nuclear...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is contemplating biking his way to work in the Senate once the 19th Congress opens its regular sessions. Ejercito said biking is now his way of life and is actually thinking of biking to work to avoid the stress of traffic and at the same time...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday said he would push for additional cash subsidies for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers as local pump prices of oil is expected to continue rising as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on. With the global disruption on oil supply and distribution,...
Senator Imee Marcos has said it is high time for the Philippines to talk to its Asian neighbors to help with the county’s oil supply and also look at sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, issued this statement during a brief...
BACOLOD CITY – Some jeepney drivers here took time off the streets as they joined the driver’s holiday amid the series of bigtime oil price hikes in the country. Diego Malacad, secretary general of the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (Undoc), said the activity aimed to call on the...
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...
A group of education workers called on the government to suspend the increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) contribution and demanded a salary hike for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “It is best, that the implementation of the PhilHealth premium increase to...
