Former AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones finds the continued pump fuel price hikes in the early part of 2022 very concerning as it shows the vulnerability of Filipino consumers to the volatile international oil market. (MANILA BULLETIN) “Fuel prices are continuously increasing and consumers...
As oil firms implemented on Tuesday, Jan. 18 a big time price hike, the chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts called on all mayors to show no mercy to gasoline stations that operate with defective fuel pumps to defraud motorists. Rep. Jose 'Bonito' Singson Jr. Probinsyano Ako Partylist...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing to push for the price freeze implementation on agriculture products in areas devastated by typhoon "Odette." In an interview over PTV's Laging Handa, DA Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista said their personnel on the regions are now checking the...
Gen. Dionardo Carlos, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders in devastated by typhoon "Odette" to help the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in enforcing the price freeze of basic goods. At the same time, Carlos warned local businessmen against taking...
President Duterte has regulated the prices of more drugs and medicines for the leading causes of morbidity in the country, a Palace official said on Wednesday, Dec. 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed on Tuesday Executive Order No. 155, which sets the price regulation...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday said he expects more Filipinos to have access to affordable medicines now that President Duterte has signed an executive order adding more medicines and drugs that would be subject to a price cap. Duterte had earlier signed Executive Order No. 155...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US discount retailer Dollar Tree said on Tuesday that the company would raise prices from $1 to $1.25 on the majority of its products by the first quarter of 2022 amid broad inflation pressures. dollar-tree-2 "For 35 years, Dollar Tree has managed through inflationary...
Puregold Price Club, Inc. reported a 13.6 percent improvement in consolidated net income to P5.73 billion in the first nine months of 2021 from the P5.05 billion earned in the same period in 2020. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said consolidated net sales decreased by...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has appealed to oil companies to provide bigger fuel discounts for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who are still reeling hard from the effects of the pandemic and the increasing pump prices. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
One of the largest agricultural groups in the country has joined the snowballing campaign to appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the excise tax on petroleum products as fuel cost continued to soar, thus seriously affecting all areas in the agriculture sector. Samahang Industriya ng...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) would not blink in its recommendation to increase passenger capacity in public transportation, road, and rail in Metro Manila to up to 100 percent amid concerns on the continuous threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In fact, DOTR Assistant Secretary...
Fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Tuesday, Oct. 26, urged the government to compel oil companies to disclose their process of domestic oil pricing amid the series as oil price hikes. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas “In...
