October 2009
13 posts
On The Latest Round of Oil Price Hikes
I view the latest round of oil price hikes as both insult (As it comes at the heels of the proposed mechanism for oil price management in times of crisis) and direct challenge to the government’s efforts to control the prices of basic commodities and help ease the impact of the recent calamities on our people. I find it downright insensitive, and bordering on the despicable and disgusting,...
So how will you bring down the price of gasoline?
zach_lucero @mikeyarroyo so how will you bring down the price of gasoline?
That’s a complex issue, because the oil deregulation law is full of technicalities, and my complete answer would be several pages. But in a nutshell, what we are batting for is thorough review of the provisions of the law.
As chairman of the house committee on energy, I have presided over more than ten hearings...
Busy Day At Congress
Busy day at congress. We’ve been in plenary debates on the national budget. Today the house tackles the budget of the Department of Energy, and I am leading a renewed effort to study ways of bringing down fuel and power rates, especially at this when our countrymen are in dire need.
Mikey Arroyo on the 75 and 50-centavo price...
I don’t agree with the 75-centavo and 50-centavo price reduction for gasoline and diesel. I don’t think its enough, especially in the light of the NEDA study showing that pump prices of fuel should go down by 6-8 pesos per liter. As chairman of the house energy committee, I call on the oil companies to implement a full rollback, especially now that we are under a state of calamity and our people...
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Mikey Arroyo's statement re: the infamous liquor...
I’m so saddened about that posting of my photo on facebook with a caption saying I was buying wine at the height of typhoon Ondoy.
I was at Malacanang with my family helping to mobilize rescue and relief operations, for the victims in Metro Manila, and my constituents in Pampanga. Kahit anak ko tumutulong mamigay ng relief goods.
So many of our countrymen are suffering, there are so...
September 2009
15 posts
