Tax on sweetened beverages boosted BIR’s Jan. collection
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BIR: Sugar tax helped raise collections by 15 percent
The Bureau of Internal Revenue is getting a boost from the new excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, commissioner Caesar Dulay said. It’s already helped push collections up 15 percent in January. But as Warren de Guzman reports, the agency will also have to contend with all changes as the Department of Finance pushes forward with…
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Pagasa monitors LPA that may develop into tropical cyclone
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Taguba’s arraignment moved to February 23
Published February 9, 2018, 10:00 PM By Rey G. Panaligan and Jaimie Rose Aberia The arraignment of Customs fixer Mark Ruben Taguba and trader Eirene May Tatad on criminal charges involving the P6.4-billion shabu shipment from China has been reset to February 23 by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC). RTC Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset…
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Zamboanga City wants guarantees it won’t be included in the Bangsamoro
Zamboanga City should never be included in the Bangsamoro, says city Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar Published 8:22 PM, February 09, 2018 Updated 8:35 PM, February 09, 2018 BBL TALKS. The Joint Public Hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law Bills in Zamboanga on February 9, 2018. Photo by Camille Elemia/Rappler ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Despite assurances…
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Floirendo charged over BuCor-TADECO deal
Published February 9, 2018, 10:00 PM By Czarina Nicole O. Ong Davao Del Norte Rep. Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr. was formally charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan due to his involvement in the joint venture agreement between the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and Tagum Agricultural Development Company (TADECO) back in 2003. In the charge sheet…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Dengvaxia Fiasco: Bare All Facts, Let the People Judge – Altermidya
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Dengvaxia Fiasco: Bare All Facts, Let the People Judge The deeper malady beneath the Dengvaxia fiasco is being buried under the lies, theatrics and hypocrisy of various elements in the ruling and privileged classes of the present unjust and oppressive social system. The proximate cause of this Dengvaxia fiasco is…
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Ban of aerial spray in PH pushed
BAN AERIAL SPRAY. Wilfredo Mosqueda of Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (MAAS) and Atty. Mark Peñalver of Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) urge to ban aerial spraying in the Philippines, Thursday, February 8. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Environmental groups here renewed their call to ban the use of aerial spraying…
