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Continue reading →: COP29: What did agri-food gain from Baku?
First published by PAN Asia Pacific Media and climate advocates dubbed the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the “Finance COP.” Ultimately, the two-week climate talks in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku produced a finance deal that falls way…
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Continue reading →: How to cut oil prices in half
If the Marcos regime refuses to drop its deregulation policy and continues to pretend it’s powerless against the greed-driven oil industry, it’s essentially endorsing the ongoing fleecing of our people at the fuel pumps. Over the past four years, Philippine oil companies have collectively overcharged us by approximately ₱40.09 per…
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Continue reading →: SONA 2023: Bagong Pilipinas, lumang tugtugin
“Dumating na po ang Bagong Pilipinas,” President Marcos Jr. declared in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). What is new for the Philippine economy, which took a substantial portion of his speech? Did Marcos Jr. give a new vision or direction? Marcos Jr. sang the same old tune…
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Continue reading →: A billion pesos daily in extra profits, taxes for oil firms, BBM
The oil companies and the Marcos administration are earning almost a billion pesos per day in extra profits and taxes due to unreasonable weekly changes in pump prices. As the public grapple with high prices, it appears that the oil firms and the government are making a killing from the…
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Continue reading →: Diesel adjustments overcharged consumers by ₱24, gasoline, ₱12
After five straight weeks of rollbacks, local pump prices are rising again this week with hefty increases. Based on reports, diesel will go up by ₱6.85 per liter; gasoline by ₱1.20; and kerosene by ₱3.50. These latest adjustments will bring the total price hikes in the pump price of diesel…
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