Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday stressed the need to conduct a special session among lawmakers to address the soaring fuel prices. In a video message sent to reporters, Pacquiao also pushed for direct subsidy for the members of the transport sector. According to the senator,...
Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, March 15 expressed support for the wage hike petition filed by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). Senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada Estrada, who is seeking a Senate comeback after a six-year absence, said a wage increase is...
As part of its “tigil-palaot” or fishing strike protest amid the big-time oil price hike in the country, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) suspended their fishing operations on Tuesday, March 15. The protests were simultaneously held in major...
Despite the improving pandemic situation in the Philippines, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Tuesday, March 15 urged the government to strengthen measures against other threats to the country’s economic recovery, particularly the soaring oil and gas prices brought by the Russia-Ukraine conflict....
Senator Risa Hontiveros said that the fuel subsidy to be distributed under the Pantawid Pasada Program will not be enough to keep the transport system running as the successive increases in oil prices are seen to affect the sector for a prolonged period. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) "The...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno has urged the government to rescind its Malampaya deal with Udenna Corp. and rechannel the latter's P50-million daily income from the agreement for fuel subsidy. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Diokno...
A peasant group warned that nationwide hunger and food insecurity could worsen following the continuous oil price hikes in the Philippines. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), in a press statement on Monday, March 14, said that more Filipinos could go hungry as a result of the nonstop price...
Reelectionist Senator Richard J. Gordon has urged Filipinos to resort to fuel-saving measures considering the recent increases in oil prices. Gordon said that the government must also find ways to set aside stock of oil and gas as the Philippines is competing with other countries to get their...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion thought it might be better for the government to first wait for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic before approving the proposed wage hike. Presidential Adviser on...
House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera is in support of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) review of the minimum wage amid the fuel price crisis. File photo DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, on March 9, ordered the Regional Tripartite Wages...
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...
The Muntinlupa City Council has approved an ordinance granting the request of tricycle operators and drivers in the city to increase fare by P1. In their regular session on March 14, councilors agreed to increase the tricycle fare in Muntinlupa from the current P9 to P10 per person. The Muntinlupa...
