ANGELES CITY – Through the family-owned Biotop Philippines Agriculture Company, Inc., Pampanga 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has allotted some P2-million worth of rice for tricycle and jeepney drivers in his district.
Beginning the first week of May, Lazatin and his staff will visit all tricycle and jeepney terminals in Angeles City, Mabalacat City, and Magalang Municipality to distribute five kilos of rice each to 17,074 members of tricycle operators and drivers’ associations and 2,555 members of the jeepney operators and drivers’ associations.
“Napakahalaga ng papel na ginagampanan ng mga driver sa paggalaw ng ating ekonomiya, pero malaki ang paghihirap na dinaranas nila ngayon dahil sa tuloy-tuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo. Dahil dito, gusto nating maghatid ng maliit na personal nating tulong para sa kanila,” Lazatin said.
Since his incumbency time as Angeles City mayor, it has been Lazatin’s tradition to give five kilos of rice each to tricycle drivers and jeepney drivers as his personal Christmas gift to the transport sector.
Data from the Department of Energy show that there has been a double-digit increase across various petroleum products since the joint attack of the US and Israel against Iran.
Diesel prices in the country went up by 50% while gasoline prices went up by 34% to 43% from Feb. 24 to March 30, 2026. Team Lazatin Media
