Marcos Jr Administration
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Cut fuel taxes to help control inflation — PISTON
As oil companies implement hefty oil price hikes today, with gasoline prices reaching up to P68/liter and diesel prices up to P72/liter, transport group PISTON warns of worse inflation if oil prices continue to surge and if the national government will remain deaf on calls to urgently lower oil prices by suspending fuel value-added tax…
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PISTON: Uphold the ‘public’ in public transportation, DOTr urged to rethink EDSA Carousel privatization
Transport group PISTON urges the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to rethink its plan to privatize the EDSA bus carousel next year, saying that privatization of public utilities does not guarantee efficiency, and in order to maximize private profits, often results in fare hikes. “Hinihikayat namin si Sec. Bautista na pag-isipan ito nang mabuti,” said Mody…
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Adyenda ng Maralita
Milyon-milyong Pilipino ang lubos na nagdurusa sa napakabilis na pagtaas ng presyo ng pagkain, langis, at iba pang batayang bilihin at serbisyo. Mula nang maupo si Marcos Jr., wala pang malinaw at kongkretong plano at solusyon ang kanyang administrasyon sa nararanasan na hirap at bumibilis na pagdausdos ng kabuhayan ng mga Pilipino. Habang kinakaharap pa…
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Meager rollback cannot offset high inflation: cash aid and fuel subsidy for 2M transport workers sought — PISTON
Transport group PISTON said that the P0.50 per liter diesel rollback is futile in the face of soaring inflation. To ease this, the group seeks the immediate suspension of VAT and excise tax on fuel and basic commodities as well as substantial hikes on emergency cash aid such as the Pantawid Pasada fuel subsidy program…
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Food crisis worsened by fuel price hikes: PISTON on World Food Day
As the international community commemorates World Food Day, transport group PISTON says that Marcos Jr.’s disregard for rising oil prices further aggravates hunger and lack of food security in the country as fuel prices are expected to spike again tomorrow, October 18. “Dahil ang produksyon, distribusyon, at maging ang pag-konsumo ng pagkain sa bansa ay…