2 MIN READ The mayor of Santa municipality has urged national agencies to relax the rules for using the Annual Development Fund, citing rising fuel costs and prices of basic needs.
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5 MIN READFor jeepney drivers, the crisis is no longer only about fuel prices. As fuel prices continue to rise, drivers said the question is no longer how long they can keep working—but whether they can continue at all.
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3 MIN READIn the Ilocos region, increased fuel costs now account for about 90 percent of farmers’ average daily income, while fisherfolk face an even worse situation, with additional expenses that more than double their usual daily income.
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3 MIN READVegetable farmers in the province are facing mounting losses as the recent surge in oil prices increases production and transport costs, compounding long-standing challenges in an already unstable market.
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3 MIN READBaguio residents and officials raised these issues and shared how surging fuel prices are eroding livelihoods and threatening basic services during a March 21 forum hosted by the City Council.
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5 MIN READPrice spikes will soon force the poorest households to choose between commuting, eating, or keeping the lights on. As always, the poor bear the heaviest burden.
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3 MIN READFarmers are blaming the Rice Tariffication Law for falling palay prices and their growing dependence on synthetic fertilizers and commercial seeds, concerns echoed by farmer groups seven years after the law’s implementation.
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3 MIN READSeven years after its Valentine’s Day signing, rice liberalization remains a promise contested in the fields and at the dinner table — its costs measured not only in pesos per kilo, but in the precarious balance between market efficiency and social equity.
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2 MIN READStop Exploitation is calling for a P200 per kilo floor price as the trading season approaches, a significant increase from the P128 per kilo call it has carried since 2010.
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4 MIN READA global watchdog has raised an alarm about how major cigarette companies in the Philippines may be helping fuel the illegal tobacco trade and potentially avoiding full tax payments, putting public health programs and government revenues at risk.
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