Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 7 said months of sluggish government response has pushed the oil-hit transportation sector to the edge. Poe issued the statement as a number of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators are set to stage a widescale transportation strike should the problem...
Amid the continuous oil price hikes that leave jeepney drivers almost without income, Malacañang on Monday, June 6, pleaded with the drivers ​not to push with their planned operations stoppage expected this week. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement the government...
Puregold has reinvented its way of serving its customers. With 435 stores nationwide, more than a million app downloads and over three million social media followers, Puregold expands its retailtainment with a series of original content as a way to reach out to multitudes of digital users and spur...
The US State Department has called on the Chinese government to abide by the rule of law after it dismissed the Philippine protest on its fishing ban even on parts of the West Philippine Sea. Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said in a Twitter post Friday thatChina's "unilateral fishing...
Local fishers were left with no choice but to look for alternative jobs apart from fishing amid the continuous fuel cost hike in the Philippines. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) National Chairperson Fernando...
ILOILO CITY – Prices of basic commodities in Western Visayas rose in April this year. A vendor wearing a face shield sells vegetables at a market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), inflation in rate in the region has accelerated...
The United States said it looks forward to working with the next Philippine President and sees to renew its cooperation with the country on key human rights and regional priorities. US State Department Spokesman Ned Price In a press briefing in Washington on May 10, US State Department spokesman...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has welcomed the recent pronouncement of US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price that the recently concluded general elections in the Philippines was “in line with international standards.” “We are really thankful for that and that is the...
Cosco Capital, Inc., the listed retail holding firm of Lucio L. Co, reported a 5 percent improvement in consolidated net income to P10.5 billion last year from P10 billion in 2020. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its 2021 earnings is also 13 percent better than the...
Puregold Price Club reported a slight improvement in consolidated net income to P8.18 billion last year from P8.07 billion in 2020. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the marginal growth was principally driven by the continuous management effort to improve gross...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero sees wisdom in Malacañang's call for the establishment of strategic fuel reserves that would be used by the state to cushion future fuel price hikes. In fact, such proposal is very familiar to the 1-Pacman Party-list representative. House Deputy Speaker Mikee...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday urged the public to brace for a continued surge in fuel prices as suppliers are likely to hoard stocks to push prices up. The UniTeam senatorial bet noted that oil prices are now being dictated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, the impact...
