
6.4% July inflation ‘expected’: Palace
Malacañang has expected the country’s inflation in July to accelerate further to 6.4 percent.
Malacañang has expected the country’s inflation in July to accelerate further to 6.4 percent.
Gabriela party-list has rejected the measure seeking to protect ‘ander de saya’ husbands.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. disagreed with the June inflation rate of 6.1 percent.
Malacañang on Friday welcomed the results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s March 2022 Labor Force Survey showing an employment rate of 94.2 percent, the highest since April 2020.
Senator Grace Poe has filed a bill that seeks to suspend the collection of excise taxes on gasoline and diesel if the average price of Dubai crude oil hits $80 per barrel for three consecutive months.
Economic think tank IBON Foundation said the country’s economic contraction was the most severe last year, which resulted in the loss of livelihood of many Filipinos.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the measure asserting permanent validity of the certificates of live birth, death, and marriage issued, signed, certified, or authenticated by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has expressed confidence that the domestic economy will grow more rapidly following the drop in the country’s unemployment rate in March.
Aside from food and non-alcoholic beverages, the high inflation rate in April was also driven by the cost of transportation.
Senator Grace Poe on Friday said the government must look into the plight of commuters at risk of contracting the coronavirus as they scramble for rides daily amid the scarcity of public transport during the enhanced community quarantine or ECQ.