The first is high inflation driven by transport, alcoholic beverages and tobacco , and financial services.
Two, thousands of new drivers will be on-board — not hired as it is not an employer-employee arrangement. More drivers mean more MCTs to serve the riding public. To further increase competition and passenger convenience, Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista and LTFRB Chair Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil should consider removing two caps — remove the maximum number of MCT players from only three, and remove the maximum 15,000 drivers per player. At a maximum of 45,000 legal drivers, it is very likely that the number of unregistered “” drivers may be twice or more than that number nationwide.
Last April, I attended a webinar organized by the National Tobacco Administration on illicit tobacco and Congressman Jericho “Koko” Nograles was one of the speakers. He shared’s estimates of illicit tobacco as a share of total supply: Nationwide 13%, Zambales 11.5%, Nueva Ecija 22%, Bataan 32%, Palawan 25%, Sultan Kudarat 36%, Zamboanga de Sibugay 51%, Misamis Occidental 57%, some areas of Mindanao up to 60%.
Report number one is about Central Negros EC , Pangasinan I EC , and La Union EC that over-charged their customers.