To offer people more breathing space amid lingering high commodity prices, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian recently proposed for the government to provide an additional subsidy of P1/kWh for low-income consumers, or a total of P418 million.
TO offer people more breathing space amid lingering high commodity prices, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian recently proposed for the government to provide an additional subsidy of P1/kWh for low-income consumers, or a total of P418 million, to be sourced from the general appropriations fund.
According to the senator’s estimates, savings incurred by beneficiaries in the previous month would have afforded them to buy 5.6 kilograms of rice based on the average retail price of regular-milled rice of P39.195 per kilogram, per data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. “We’re glad that many of our people are getting relief from the law we pushed on the electricity lifeline rate,” Gatchalian said, mostly in Filipino. “But we can help them further bolster savings to cover their other needs, while high inflation rates persist.”
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