President Marcos would most probably have been informed by now about the contents of a letter addressed to him asking for the recall of two of his recent appointees to the energy sector.
The way I saw the events and numbers that came out this week were alarming yet are manageable by the new administration as their impacts on consumers were mainly driven by food prices and transport costs.
Inflation rates were not unexpected and were still within Bangko Sentral forecasts. This gi
Consumer advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) warned that any extension of the safeguard measure on imported cement would be an additional burden to consumers. In a statement, LKI President Atty. Vic Dimagiba stressed that the petition of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines
The incoming 19thCongress may as well observe and comply with what is proper taxation as prescribed in Article VI, section 18 of the Philippine Constitution.
The new President may have started on the right foot when he said he was not amenable for the suspension of the excise taxes and VAT on fue
What’s the 5.4 percent inflation meant for the Filipino consumers? Do consumers have choices at the moment? A media person asked me what consumers can do on rising prices? My reply was very pragmatic. I said none. If the consumers cannot afford to buy the item, then don’t buy it. The P33 salary hik