
Power, policy and dependence’s price
Energy is often taken for granted — until it becomes scarce, expensive, or uncertain.
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Energy is often taken for granted — until it becomes scarce, expensive, or uncertain.
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It does not take much to disrupt this balance. A supply shock far from Manila tightens fuel access, and prices begin to rise.
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Twenty-two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Israel arrived safely in the Philippines on Saturday, returning home through a government-led repatriation…
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Residents displaced by the Navotas landfill fire are appealing to authorities to let them return home, even as the Department of Health (DoH) warns of serious…
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Motorcycle taxi and delivery riders rushed on Sunday for the second day of distribution of the P5,000 Cash Relief Assistance (CRA) under the Assistance to…
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Department of Transportation (DoTR) Secretary Giovanni Lopez on Saturday 18 April 2026 said the agency is on the right track in responding to ongoing…
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‘No need to panic, no need to hoard,” Trade and Industry Secretary Cristina Roque said, adding that supply levels remain sufficient and stable across major…
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Iran’s central military command announced on Saturday it would resume “strict management” of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the…
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Market expectations are facing multiple outcomes, as economists like to call multiple equilibria or paths.
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‘We expect the BSP to deliver a 25-bps policy rate hike on April 23, as the balance of risks has shifted toward a more persistent and broad-based inflation…
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ILOILO CITY — Inflation in Guimaras accelerated in March, signaling emerging price pressures largely driven by rising transport costs, data from the Philippine…
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Just as Israel and Iran grapple with territorial sovereignty and regional influence, we face our own ‘David vs. Goliath’ struggle in the WPS.
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What some of our political leaders have recently shown with their half-intelligible responses to the Gulf crisis provides us no comfort.
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Suspending the excise tax on all oil products would deliver direct monthly savings of P37 to P70 for most people.
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The Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced that it is ramping up efforts to eliminate illicit “fixing” activities within the agency and will pursue…
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The longer the crisis the deeper the effect. The impact of the ongoing oil crisis on Filipino households suggests that 1.34-million Filipinos face the prospect…
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A series of plant breakdowns pushed the Luzon grid to a critical yellow alert on 16 April, but Department of Energy (DoE) data showed that Prime Infrastructure…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) ended the week on a weaker footing, closing at 5,999.13 (-1.06 percent), slipping below the key 6,000 level as risk…
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