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(Eagle News) — The government would again be able to distribute P500 monthly fuel subsidies after the Commission on Elections granted the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) petition to exempt the fuel subsidy program from the cash disbursement ban. Comelec announced its decision on Wednesday, April 6, while saying that the resolution on this will be issued later this week – on Thursday or Friday. “We granted the petition of the LTFRB […]
List of 377,443 driver beneficiaries to be provided by LTFRB Fuel subsidies and fuel discounts part of PHL gov’t’s response to cushion impact of successive oil price hikes (Eagle News) – The Philippine government has released P2.5 billion funds for the fuel subsidy program to help public utility drivers affected by the continuing and increasing oil price hikes due to the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Around P6,500 will be distributed to the 377,443 […]
(Eagle News) — Around 78,000 jeepney operators can now benefit from the government’s P7,200 one-time fuel subsidy, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said. According to the LTFRB, the 78,000 operators received their subsidy from the government this week. They’re a portion of the 136,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators or franchise holders qualified under the Fuel Subsidy program launched by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) […]
(Eagle News)-Participating vehicles in the Free Ride Service for Health Workers Program will continue to receive fuel subsidy until June 30. The Department of Transportation said Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., which had partnered with agency to assist with the transportation needs of medical frontliners during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis, has given the assurance, with President Rodrigo Duterte extending the general community quarantine in some areas, including in Metro Manila. The DOTr […]
(Eagle News)—Over 100,000 fuel subsidy cards worth more than P500 million have been distributed under the government’s Pantawid Pasada program, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the 102,372 cards amounting to P511,860,000 were distributed to legitimate franchise owners of public utility jeepneys as of July 2018. Under the program, each legitimate PUJ operator and driver is entitled to a P5000 subsidy. The program was conceptualized in a bid to cushion the effects […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, Dec. 13, revealed only one third of the P977 million allotted as fuel subsidy for jeepney drivers and operators has been distributed to them. According to Poe, based on a report given to her, only 69,065 ‘Pantawid Pasada’ cards containing P5,000 subsidy each were turned over to the drivers and operators, for a total amount of P345 million. Poe said there are 171836 intended beneficiaries of the cards, […]
(Eagle News) — Umaabot lamang sa 40 percent ng beneficiaries ng pantawid pasada program ng pamahalaan ang nabigyan ng P5,000 fuel subsidy kaugnay sa epekto ng Tax Reform for Acceleration for Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Ayon kay Finance Usec. Karl Kendrick Chua, sa kanilang tala noong Oktubre 22 ay umaabot lamang sa 56,154 jeepney franchise holders mula sa kabuuang 142,000 ang nakinabang sa nasabing programa. Ipinaliwanag ng opisyal na documentation ang siyang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit […]
