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Barangay Health Workers (BHW) Party-list on Wednesday, July 6, called on the Marcos administration to provide free transportation services to barangay health workers and other frontliners amid the rising inflation rate, while women’s rights group Gabriela chided the President for dismissing the late
MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday said the government should start rolling out targeted subsidies to help Filipinos stay afloat and ease the impact of inflationary pressures. BHW Party-list Representative Angelica Natasha Co said financial subsidies should be provided to assist poor and lower-middle-income families amid rising commodity prices. Co made the remark after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced that Philippine inflation climbed to a three-year high at 6.1 percent in June from 5.4 percent in May and 3.7 percent a year ago amid higher food and transport costs....
PNA file photo MANILA - A newly-elected lawmaker on Wednesday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to grant conditional amnesty for colorum public utility vehicles (PUVs) so that they could be included in the government's fuel subsidy and the Libreng Sakay program. In a statement, Quezon Representative-elect Reynan Arrogancia said there could be an estimated 1 million colorum or non-franchised PUVs, while only about 200,000 units or beneficiaries have been included in the fuel subsidy program called Pantawid Pasada. "Help the unit owners of colorum transport units get legaliz...
The Commission on Elections has granted the petitions of various government agencies that asked the poll body to exempt their projects and programs from the ban on public spending during the 45-day election period.
The economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a painful toll on micro, small and medium enterprises all over the world. Many governments adopted measures to help MSMEs survive the crisis, such as extending financial and other forms of support. For example, the Philippine government provided P5,000 one-off…