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.

PH oil troubles: By the numbers

March 13, 2026

FEATURES

The measures the Marcos Jr admin takes to address economic shocks by the US-Israel attack on Iran have to be weighed against the magnitude of the problems at hand.

Bakit tuloy-tuloy ang pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin sa bansa? Ano ang solusyon?

April 14, 2025

Kaliwa’t kanan ang pahayag ng gobyernong Marcos Jr na nilulutas nito ang inflation, pero walang nakikitang epekto hanggang ngayon. Ano nga ba ang nagtutulak ng mataas na presyo at paano ito sosolusyonan?

IBON Research Head on the recent big-time oil price hike

January 22, 2025

Oil taxes continue to burden Filipinos (October 10, 2023)

October 10, 2023

The recent rollbacks are not likely to be sustained with the oil price hikes expected to persist until the end of the year. Now is the time for government to make more decisive and effective steps to minimize fuel costs, by removing excise and value-added taxes on oil products.

Oil taxes continue to burden Filipinos

August 18, 2023

Oil taxes have burdened Filipinos whose purchasing power continues to diminish because of uncontrolled inflation and meager wages. When removed, Filipinos could be paying much cheaper for oil.

TRAIN suspension, govt transparency and regulation needed to ease OPH burden

February 28, 2019

Research group IBON said that the third consecutive and big-time oil price hike only makes it more urgent for the Duterte administration to stop the oil excise taxes of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN). This will lessen the impact of rising oil prices on the poorest families. The group also said that […]

Oil Price Hikes More Often, Unjust Under Deregulation

February 1, 2019

Oil Deregulation Begets Overpricing; TRAIN Aggravates It

January 16, 2019