(Unsplash) Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has answered a fundamental question about the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). The question: Is it a developmental fund, or a financial investments fund? "Now, clearly stating whether the MIF is a...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda enumerated on Tuesday, June 6 the reasons why newly-appointed Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro and Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa are a good fit for the Marcos...
(Unsplash) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is pushing for a "junk food tax" amid talks to implement a food stamps program. Salceda expressed confidence Sunday, June 4 that a junk food tax has a chance of prospering in Congress, as he cited as an example the existing sweetened beverage taxes...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Saying that it will inevitably come to the Philippines, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is prodding the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare for a possible outbreak of the "evolving” H5N1 avian influenza or bid flu virus....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The House of Representatives decided to adopt the Senate's version of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill in a bid to hasten the crafting of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR). Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, chairman...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – It’s business as usual in the House of Representatives. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jill Bongalon on Friday, May 26, said their work has not been affected by the “demotion” of Pampanga Rep. Gloria M. Arroyo from Senior Deputy Speaker to Deputy...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salceda's office, MANILA BULLETIN) The impending enactment of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which will free some 654,000 farmers from government debt, is poised to become President...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda knows a way to expedite the enactment of the proposed law extending the availment period of estate tax amnesty: skipping the bicam procedure. Salceda says he will recommend the adoption by the House...
Don’t blame us. Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 16, issued this statement after stressing that passage of a bill requires the reglamentary legislative process. Zubiri was apparently piqued at Congressman Joey Salceda who has called on the Senate to pass quickly a bill that...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda of the House of Representatives has challenged the Senate to "match their speed" when it comes to legislation. “I urge the Senate, for this and in general, try to match the speed with which the House...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) With a new budget season lurking around the corner, ranking House of Representatives members have begun to scrutinize the different government agencies on the proper...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Tuesday, May 9 a bill criminalizing tax racketeering. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda sponsored House Bill (HB) No.7653 during Tuesday's committee proceedings. Salceda chairs the panel. Salceda’s proposal defines tax...
