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LIBANAN TO DOE: PROBE UNJUSTIFIED FUEL PRICE HIKE

Despite the deregulation of the oil industry, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) retain sufficient authority to investigate and act against unreasonable increases in petroleum prices, House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said. “Under the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Law of 1998, a DOE–DOJ Task Force was […]

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CONGRESS ALLOCATES P39.8B FOR DISASTER RESPONSE

A total of P39.8 billion in fresh funding is available this year to bolster the country’s disaster-response and rehabilitation efforts, House Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan said. “Congress allocated ₱39.8 billion for this year’s Calamity Fund—a 90 percent increase from the ₱21 billion set aside in 2025,” Libanan said. The veteran legislator […]