AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) An injustice to Filipinos. This was how AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee described the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) impending five percent increase in premium rates this year....
Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) Chairperson Jesus Ortega and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-National Capital Region (LTFRB-NCR) Regional Director Zona Russet Tamayo called as “baseless” reports that commuters would soon need to shell out as much as P50 for a...
An increase of P0.0846 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the January billing cycle of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will bring slight squeeze in the pockets of its roughly 8.0 million customers in the initial month of this year. The power utility firm announced that its tariff will climb to P11.3430...
The management of the Metro Rail Transit-3 will refile the petition for fare increase anytime this week, a ranking official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Monday, Dec 4. In a press briefing, DOTr Assistant Secretary Railways Jorjette B. Aquino explained the necessity to increase...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council here passed proposed Resolution No. 2023-542 during its regular session on Tuesday, November 28, requesting the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) to defer its proposed 60 percent water rate increase in the next three years. Councilor Joyleen Mercedes...
DAVAO CITY – The provisional P1 jeepney fare increase effective last October 8 will not help alleviate the conditions of the Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) drivers in the Philippines amid increasing cost of fuel, transport group Transmission-Piston said. Larry Arguilles, spokesperson for...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno believes that borrowing costs in the country have hit a ceiling. On the sidelines of the Retail Dollar Bond 2 listing on the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Board on Monday, Nov. 6, Diokno stated that there is no rationale to warrant a further increase in...
Happy driving days will continue for Filipino consumers next week as oil prices will continue to track downtrend at the domestic pumps, according to the calculation of the oil companies. Based on the estimates of the industry players, the price of diesel in particular will have a heftier rollback...
ILOILO CITY – The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that workers in Western Visayas will receive a P30 daily wage increase starting on November 16. GROCERY store employees rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The NWPC...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered and deployed personnel to carry out physical inspection of the delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities, as the snagged kick-off of their commercial operations have been triggering spikes in electricity rates being passed on to consumers....
After 11 weeks of financial torment at the gasoline stations, consumers can finally heave a sigh of slight relief as oil prices will be on rollback at the pumps by Tuesday (September 26), based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel products...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that he is open to proposals of suspending the excise tax on imported oil and bio-ethanol as an immediate measure to bring down the fuel prices in the country. “The suspension of the excise tax could offer a temporary respite and serve...
