Marcos to formally ask Congress for emergency power for excise tax cut

2026-03-09 - 00:23

NEW YORK CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will formally ask Congress to grant him emergency powers to reduce excise tax on petroleum products amid the crisis in the Middle East, Malacañang said on Sunday (New York time). In a media interview here, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the Department of Energy (DOE) would submit