Frontline workers of the Philippine Congress may get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) soon as they are now part of the A4 priority group of the government's vaccination program. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Albay Representative Joey Sarte Salceda has filed House Bill No. 9214, or the Budget Modernization Bill, a priority of the economic managers of the Duterte administration. The bill, which contains the administration’s version of the budget reform, sets the ground rules for the use and allocation...
Photo from UAAP The naturalization bid of Angelo Kouame at the House of Representatives took a big stride after House Bill No. 8632 was approved on the third and last reading Tuesday. Kouame, a native of Ivory Coast, is part of the Gilas Pilipinas training for various international tournaments,...
The Congress-ratified Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act will relax the ‘tax regime’ to be enforced for operators of oil refining facilities in the country. With that re-calibrated taxation policy in the CREATE measure, it was noted that the perturbed state of...
Firms on wait-and-see mode Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III Investment and expansion plans in the country are currently treading water as they await the delayed approval of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill, the Duterte administration’s chief...
The government is committed to further strengthen efforts to reduce impact of coronavirus, improve the country's healthcare system, and accelerate economic recovery, President Duterte said in a report to Congress. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (ALBERTO ALCAIN/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) The President...
Just minutes after it was announced that ABS-CBN's bid to return on the air was junked by the House Committee on Legislative Franchises, several ABS-CBN talents took to social media to air their sentiments on the matter. Earlier today, the House Committee on Legislative Franchises rejected...
