Transport group PISTON said the government can mitigate the impact of oil price hikes on drivers and ordinary Filipinos alike by suspending the EVAT and Excise Tax on petroleum products and repealing the Oil Deregulation Law instead of hiking up PUV fare prices. “While it is the right of drivers to demand substantial earnings in…
Transport group PISTON condemns the looming big-time oil price hike set to take effect on Tuesday, August 8, calling on the Marcos Jr government to take decisive action by urgently repealing the Oil Deregulation Law and suspending the E-VAT and Excise Tax on petroleum products to provide immediate relief to the Filipino people. Oil firms’…