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TO ensure the efficient movement of goods across regions, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. suspended the collection of the «pass-through fees» among local government units (LGUs) for any vehicles that are transporting any goods, Malacañang announced Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — Local government units have been ordered to stop collecting “pass-through fees” from all motor vehicles transporting goods or merchandise going through any national road and other roads not constructed and funded by the LGUs.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the local government units (LGUs) to suspend the collection of the “pass-through fees” to ensure the efficient movement of goods across regions aligned with the government’s strategies to revitalize local industries under the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the local government units (LGUs) to stop collecting "pass-through fees" to improve the transportation of goods across the country.
The appearance of numerous Chinese fishing vessels in the South China Sea shortly after China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels employed water cannons against a Philippine ship suggests that China's contentious maritime militia might become active should a conflict arise involving Beijing, Manila, and the US-led coalition, reported The Eurasian Times.Recently, the US, Australia, and Japan announced joint exercises in the South China Sea in response to the August 5 incident, during which six CCG ships, along with the fishing militia that often operates as China's quasi-military and unofficial maritime border management arm, obstructed two Philippine Navy-chartered civilian vessels delivering supplies to Philippine forces stationed at the Second Thomas Shoal.Images posted on X (formerly Twitter) on August 16 depicted a substantial gathering of fishing vessels, potentially numbering in the hundreds, in the South China Sea, navigating around a cluster of small islands. Scholars and observers of China have long studied this maritime militia, which has been deployed in prior disputes with Vietnam and the Philippines over contested territories.
Whoever might think of investing in rehabilitating the Manila International Airport so that it meets global standards must be watching events at the Subic Port very closely – and very nervously. What is happening there provides no assurance that long-term contracts with government will be honored in the long term.