oil price hike
BBM refuses to meaningfully address oil price shocks
October 8, 2026
Three-year-high inflation rate for bottom 30%: BBM’s inaction hits poorest hardest—IBON
October 7, 2026
Research group IBON said that the three-year-high 9% inflation rate for the bottom 30% of Filipino families shows that the poorest are bearing the brunt of rising prices amid the Marcos administration’s failure to address unabated oil price shocks. The group said the government’s measures to cushion the impact of price hikes are too small […]
PH fuel among costliest in ASEAN due to deregulation
April 10, 2026
NEWS
Persistently high fuel prices in the Philippines—now among the highest in ASEAN—are the result of deliberate government policy choices.
Double whammy of record-low peso and high global oil prices to drive up inflation
March 20, 2026
the all-time low peso and surging global oil prices are a double whammy that will double inflation in the coming months, hitting millions of poor Filipino families the hardest
Global crude prices move closely with local diesel and gasoline prices
March 10, 2026
We are heavily dependent on imported oil, so global crude prices move closely with local diesel and gasoline prices.
IBON Research Head on the recent big-time oil price hike
January 22, 2025
Govt’s fuel subsidies just bare minimum — IBON
September 13, 2023
The Php4 billion in fuel subsidies that the Marcos Jr administration is set to disburse is not enough relief for Filipinos, especially the poor, who have been burdened by rising oil prices for the past 10 weeks.
