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Cement tariff seen to hurt consumers

Consumer advocacy group Laban Konsyumer said Monday consumers should not shoulder the safeguard duty imposed by the Trade Department on imported cement.  “To pass that duty on to the consumers may be a form of a corrupt action punishable under Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practice Act,” said […]

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‘Buwis sa langis nakaapekto sa presyo ng bilihin’

Kumbinsido ang isang consumer group na malaki ang naging epekto ng excise tax o buwis sa langis sa pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin. Ramdam naman ito ng ilang mga mamimili.  https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/02/24/19/buwis-sa-langis-nakaapekto-sa-presyo-ng-bilihin

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Excise taxes and fuel price hikes fuel inflation above 4% target

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/23/19/taas-presyo-ng-ilang-pangunahing-bilihin-inaprubahan-ng-dti

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Govt should cushion immediate impact of rice tariff law on the poor-LKI

…. Money Gov’t should cushion immediate effects of rice tariffication law on poor — consumer group Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:10PM  PHT A consumer group warned about the Rice Tariffication Law’s immediate effects on poor households by the time low-cost NFA rice disappears from the shelves completely. “Sa tingin po namin, over a period of […]

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DOE desididong humingi ng breakdown ng presyuhan ng oil firms

Desidido ang Department of Energy (DOE) na ipahimay sa mga kompanya ng langis ang presyuhan ng kanilang mga produkto, sabi ng isang opisyal ng kagawaran. Nakatakda umanong ilabas ng DOE ang utos ukol sa “unbundling” bago matapos ang Marso. “We’re not giving up on it. Hindi rin tayo nagwe-waiver, hindi tayo nagdadalawang-isip dahil kailangan talaga […]

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Srp increases breach inflation target

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/02/21/19/dti-says-food-agency-limited-to-maintaining-rice-buffer-stocks-under-rice-tariffication-law

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DOE removes subsidy for off grid consumers

https://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/business/doe-removes-subsidy-grid-missionary-areas

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LKI pursues to question water rate hike inflation assumptions

https://www.bworldonline.com/consumer-group-contests-water-rate-hikes-inflation-assumptions/

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Balingtanghali interview on rice tariffication law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUn_v_Kc_rA&feature=youtu.be

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BAWAL SIKRETO: Consumer group calls for transparency in power rates

CONSUMER GROUP LABAN KONSYUMER INC. (LKI) IS CALLING THE GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE THE COUNTRY’S POWER SUPPLY TO ADDRESS POWER COSTS FOR CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COMING SUMMER MONTHS WHEN DEMAND COULD GO HIGHER. The group said that further negligence on the issue of energy supply could result in distribution utilities buying higher priced power from […]