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[Title] => Government wants higher renewable energy charges for 2027
[Summary] => Consumers may face higher renewable energy charges on their power bills as the National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) seeks to raise the feed-in tariff allowance (FIT-All) next year.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Same old story
[Summary] => It’s the same old sob story – Filipino rice farmers receiving very low prices for their palay despite the high cost of production on one end and rice consumers paying high retail prices for this staple on the other.
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[AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes
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[Title] => Pandemic-born grocery chain opens flagship outlet in Cebu
[Summary] => Cebu grocery chain born during the pandemic has opened its largest store yet, doubling down on a business model that connects local farmers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) directly with consumers.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-21 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc
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[Title] => CEBECO consumers to pay higher rate
[Summary] => Consumers served by Cebu’s three electric cooperatives will pay higher electricity rates for the June 2026 billing period due to higher generation charges, rising prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), and tight power supply in the Visayas Grid.
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[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
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[Title] => Firms see better prospects but consumers remain wary
[Summary] => Businesses turned less pessimistic in May while consumers grew more downbeat in the second quarter, reflecting a split in sentiment as firms pointed to easing cost pressures and stronger demand, but households remained weighed down by inflation fears and concerns over governance.
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[Title] => No price hike for basic goods until May 10
[Summary] => There will be no price increases for basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) until May 10, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
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[AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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[Title] => Filipinos rank among most patient digital users in AsPac
[Summary] => Filipino consumers rank among the most patient digital users in Asia Pacific, but they also endure the region’s longest customer service wait times, according to new research from Twilio Inc.
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[Title] => Consumers warned vs imported infant formula
[Summary] => The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the purchase and consumption of an imported infant formula linked to a rare illness.
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[Title] => Dangerous move
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a draft memorandum circular that will limit to no more than 10 percent per month the effective interest rate on unsecured, general-purpose loans offered by financing companies (FC), lending companies (LC) and their online lending platforms (OLP) with amounts not exceeding P20,000 and tenors of not more than six months.
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[AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes
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[Title] => ‘Loan rate cap may drive Filipinos to loan sharks’
[Summary] => CitizenWatch Philippines warned that the SEC’s proposed interest rate cap for small loans could trigger a credit crisis for the country’s most vulnerable borrowers, stressing that the draft circular risks a sweeping disruption of the unsecured loans relied on by ordinary consumers.
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[Title] => Same old story
[Summary] => It’s the same old sob story – Filipino rice farmers receiving very low prices for their palay despite the high cost of production on one end and rice consumers paying high retail prices for this staple on the other.
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[Title] => Pandemic-born grocery chain opens flagship outlet in Cebu
[Summary] => Cebu grocery chain born during the pandemic has opened its largest store yet, doubling down on a business model that connects local farmers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) directly with consumers.
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[AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc
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[Title] => CEBECO consumers to pay higher rate
[Summary] => Consumers served by Cebu’s three electric cooperatives will pay higher electricity rates for the June 2026 billing period due to higher generation charges, rising prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), and tight power supply in the Visayas Grid.
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[Title] => Firms see better prospects but consumers remain wary
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[Title] => No price hike for basic goods until May 10
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[DatePublished] => 2026-04-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Filipinos rank among most patient digital users in AsPac
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[Title] => Consumers warned vs imported infant formula
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[Title] => Dangerous move
[Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a draft memorandum circular that will limit to no more than 10 percent per month the effective interest rate on unsecured, general-purpose loans offered by financing companies (FC), lending companies (LC) and their online lending platforms (OLP) with amounts not exceeding P20,000 and tenors of not more than six months.
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[Title] => ‘Loan rate cap may drive Filipinos to loan sharks’
[Summary] => CitizenWatch Philippines warned that the SEC’s proposed interest rate cap for small loans could trigger a credit crisis for the country’s most vulnerable borrowers, stressing that the draft circular risks a sweeping disruption of the unsecured loans relied on by ordinary consumers.
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