马尼拉：菲律宾总统府周五（9月25日）表示，由于中东战争导致燃油成本飙升，菲律宾暂时暂停对用于烹饪的石油产品征收消费税。
MANILA: The Philippines temporarily suspended excise duties on petroleum products used for cooking, the presidential palace said on Friday (Sep 25), as it struggles to deal with soaring fuel costs from the Middle East war.
菲律宾总统府周五向媒体发布的一项行政命令称，暂停征税范围包括该国主要烹饪燃料液化石油气（LPG）以及煤油。
The temporary suspension covers liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the country's main fuel for cooking, as well as kerosene, according to an executive order released to the media on Friday.
命令称：“除用于生产石化产品或作为动力燃料使用外，液化石油气（LPG）的消费税，以及除用作航空燃料外的煤油消费税，现予全额暂停。”此次减税相当于每公斤液化石油气减征约3比索（约5美分）。
"The excise taxes on LPG, except when used as a raw material for production of petrochemical products or used for motive power, and kerosene, except when used as aviation fuel, are hereby fully suspended," it said. The cut translates to a reduction of about three pesos (about five US cents) per kilogram of LPG.
此前，巴士运营商威胁将在下周发起为期两天的全国性交通罢工，要求政府允许他们上调由国家监管的车费。
The excise cut followed a threat by bus operators to hold a two-day nationwide transport strike next week to press the government to let them raise fares, which are state-regulated.
与印度尼西亚、马来西亚和泰国等邻国不同，菲律宾的燃油价格不受监管，因此当地运输企业不得不应对市场波动。
Fuel prices in the Philippines are unregulated, unlike neighbours including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, leaving local transport firms to deal with market fluctuations.
菲律宾总统费迪南德·马科斯表示，三个月后，或迪拜原油价格的一周平均值降至每桶80美元以下一周后，该税收将自动恢复。
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said the tax would automatically revert after three months, or a week after the one-month average Dubai crude oil price falls below US$80 per barrel.
他说，截至9月11日的30天内，原油平均价格已达到每桶99.41美元。
He said the average crude oil price over the 30 days to Sep 11 had reached US$99.41.
依赖进口燃料的菲律宾于3月宣布进入国家能源紧急状态，并被迫在更广范围内寻找燃料来源，包括从俄罗斯购买石油。
The import-dependent Philippines declared a national energy emergency in March and has been forced to cast an ever-wider net for fuel, including purchases of oil from Russia.
中东战争和高通胀使菲律宾今年上半年的经济增速降至2.6%，远低于政府目标。
The war in the Middle East and high inflation trimmed the Philippines' economic growth in the first half to 2.6 per cent, well below government targets.