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Senator Kiko Pangilinan called on the government to suspend excise taxes on fuel and activate fuel subsidies programs to cushion the economic impact on Filipino workers of the escalating tensions in the Middle East. Doing so, Pangilinan said during his manifestation of Senator Erwin Tulfo’s privilege speech will mitigate the anticipated increase in prices of […]
With the non-stop oil price spikes likely to spiral up further in the weeks ahead following last weekend’s missile attacks in the Middle East, Deputy Majority Leader Luigi Villafuerte and Camarines Sur Rep. Migz Villafuerte want the government to fast-track contingency plans, including the grant of fuel subsidies to vulnerable sectors, to shield Filipinos from […]
Congress has increased to P3 billion for 2023 the budget for the direct fuel subsidies of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, House appropriations committee member, said. “The P500 million increase from P2.5 billion to P3 billion is factored into the 2023 General Appropriations Law,” Rillo said. “The upward adjustment is […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to ensure a 100 percent distribution of the fuel subsidies for public jeepney drivers and operators this year in the wake of the recent oil price hike. During the recent Senate inquiry on the security plans of the Department of Energy following the drone strikes […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to ensure a 100 percent distribution of the fuel subsidies for public jeepney drivers and operators. Gatchalian made the call after the LTFRB announced that fuel subsidies under the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP) would be increased from P5,000 last year to P20,514 […]