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Aid not enough amid oil price hikes
Aid not enough amid oil price hikes
Assistance is insufficient to offset the effects of rising fuel prices on agricultural production.
Oil price hikes renew calls to junk regional wage system
Oil price hikes renew calls to junk regional wage system
Aside from the abolition of regional wages, KMU is pushing for immediate economic relief for the workers and the junking of regressive taxes on oil, food, and basic social services.
Migrant workers call for repeal of Oil Deregulation Law, excessive taxes amid price hikes
Migrant workers call for repeal of Oil Deregulation Law, excessive taxes amid price hikes
According to the groups, suspending the excise tax is a mere “temporary fix” when people’s organizations had long been calling for the repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law to regulate the prices of oil and other petroleum products.
Cebu transport sector demands oil price rollback, junking of Oil Deregulation Law
Cebu transport sector demands oil price rollback, junking of Oil Deregulation Law
Without government intervention, public utility drivers will continue to bear the brunt of rising fuel prices as their daily earnings steadily decline.
News in Pictures | Bayan Muna protest oil price hike
News in Pictures | Bayan Muna protest oil price hike
Following the three-consecutive oil price hikes after new year, Bayan Muna held a protest in Petron gasoline station in Philcoa, Quezon City today, Jan. 20.
Difficult times ahead for jeepney, tricycle drivers as oil price continue to hike
Difficult times ahead for jeepney, tricycle drivers as oil price continue to hike
"No matter what we do, it seems that it is still not enough."
‘It’s hunger spell for Filipino transport drivers as oil prices continue to spike’
‘It’s hunger spell for Filipino transport drivers as oil prices continue to spike’
For Filipino transport drivers, the incessant oil price hikes may force them to stop operating. Worse, it keeps them from putting food on their table.
Market Watch | Oil prices up again this week
Market Watch | Oil prices up again this week
For the 22nd time this year, the price of diesel will again go up this week with oil firms announcing a price hike of PHP 0.60 per liter.
Look at sovereign guarantees rather than VAT, Finance Dept told
Look at sovereign guarantees rather than VAT, Finance Dept told
“Higher taxes for oil would create a domino effect that would spike the prices of basic goods and services like water and electricity.”
Big time oil price hike questioned amid falling global oil prices
Big time oil price hike questioned amid falling global oil prices
International oil price data show local oil prices should have been going down rather than up.
‘Aquino negligent on price hikes as in Yolanda’ – bank employees
‘Aquino negligent on price hikes as in Yolanda’ – bank employees
Typhoon Yolanda destroyed lives and properties of as much as 10 million people in Eastern Visayas, but this “other Yolanda” represented by simultaneous price hikes “will affect most if not all Filipinos.” – Banking and Financial Unions
Aquino decried as ‘heartless, deaf’ for failing to curb hikes in oil prices, utility rates
Aquino decried as ‘heartless, deaf’ for failing to curb hikes in oil prices, utility rates
“We condemn the collusion of the Aquino government and Big 3 Oil cartel in its manipulated and cartelized oil price movements and in its extreme exploitation of drivers and the citizens.” – Piston
Street Shooter: Serenade
Street Shooter: Serenade
As buses whiz by beyond the police line and trains pass overhead, these children appear to serenade the police who were preventing them from protesting the oil deregulation law. (Sitio San Roque, Quezon City) — in Quezon City, Philippines.
Women slam Aquino’s inaction on price hikes
Women slam Aquino’s inaction on price hikes
The commemoration of the 101st International Women's Day is one of the biggest rallies in recent years. Gabriela, the country's largest women group who spearheaded the protest action, slammed Aquino government for its inaction to put a stop in the overpricing in...
How can we stop oil companies from profiteering?
How can we stop oil companies from profiteering?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Oil companies increased pump prices again. This is the eighth oil price hike since the beginning of the year alone, amounting to a net increase of P6.75 ($0.16) per liter for gasoline and P6.50 ($0.15) for diesel. This would bring...
Oil firms, Aquino warned of nationwide protests vs oil price hikes
Oil firms, Aquino warned of nationwide protests vs oil price hikes
Oil firms, Aquino warned of nationwide protests vs oil price hikes (Photos by MARYA SALAMAT)
Sneaky, greedy oil companies
Sneaky, greedy oil companies
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com While the media is preoccupied with the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona and its political reverberations, oil companies have been raising pump prices of petroleum products. The continuing increases in pump prices of oil...
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