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Continue reading →: Oil firms overpriced gasoline by Php3.48 per liter in 2018; diesel by Php1.48
(Photo: Novinite.com) After a series of oil price cuts that started from mid-October 2018 up to the first week of the new year, domestic pump prices have begun to climb up again. The recent increases are due to the combined impact of rising global oil prices and of the second tranche…
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Continue reading →: PH rice import dependence rising amid weakening global production
Rice import liberalization harms both the consumers and rice farmers, and only the foreign and domestic private traders reap the benefits.
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Continue reading →: How to bring down oil prices by as much as Php10 per liter and why it is justifiable
The Duterte administration can afford to forego additional windfall oil tax revenues, if only to protect the public from further taking a hit from escalating cost of living.
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Continue reading →: Militarizing development work: Army chief Rolando Bautista as DSWD head
Instead of development and peace, militarizing development work with Bautista’s appointment as DSWD chief will actually bring greater poverty and conflict.
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Continue reading →: Another “record” for Duterte: Oil prices highest in 10 yearsOverall, since Pres. Duterte took over, the common price of diesel in Metro Manila has already ballooned by Php20.35 per liter and gasoline by Php19.35.
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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