Hybrid vehicles—those that are propelled by both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor—will no longer be slapped import tariffs until 2028, a move that the Marcos administration expects will “stimulate demand for electric and hybrid vehicles, encourage domestic manufacturing and assembly, and generate new jobs within the green technology sector.” President Marcos okayed the measure as chair of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda ) Board, which approved during its 16th meeting last
Two things happened that proved that the more things change, the more they stay the same—though perhaps not in the ways most people might think. The first of these was the fall of Juan Miguel Zubiri from the Senate presidency. The announcement, rather gleefully made by Jose Estrada (better known as Jinggoy) by way of a prediction to the press, intimated that Zubiri’s fall was inspired by a loss of confidence in him by the Palace: An assertion tearfully confirmed by Zubiri himself when he announced he was resigning (rather than endure a formal removal). The second thing that happened
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