Amid calls for transparency, Malacañang has pledged to release information on agreements signed between the Philippines and China after the two-day state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday negotiations between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations on a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes in the disputed South China Sea could be concluded in three years and promised that any differences will be dealt with peacefully.
The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Wednesday a substitute bill seeking “equitable, simpler and more efficient” taxation of passive income and financial transactions or the fourth package of the Duterte government’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN).
The guidelines that will pave the way for unlimited rice importation has already been approved and signed by the NFA Council, the highest policy making body of the National Food Authority (NFA).
