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  • DoTr defends planned hike in NAIA charges

    THE PLANNED HIKE in passenger service fees at the soon-to-be privatized Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) would help improve its operational efficiency, the Transportation department said, but analysts said the move is ill-timed and unjustified.

  • Balisacan defends decision to cut tariffs on imported rice

    NATIONAL ECONOMIC and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan on Monday defended the government’s decision to slash tariffs on rice until 2028, saying this would reduce the impact of elevated global rice prices on Filipino consumers. “If you reduce the tariff… that will dampen the effects of world rice…