The Department of Trade and Industry has identified three priority legislative measures for immediate passage by Congress to support economic growth. These priority bills are the Senate confirmation on the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Omnibus Micro Small...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – A man who was initially collared for alarm and scandal in the streets of Barangay Ligas III is now facing attempted murder charges after pointing an improvised gun at the arresting police officers. The Bacoor City Police Station said the 24-year-old suspect, Leo C....
"It's one of the most comprehensive SONAs that I have heard." Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) Thus, said Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel when asked about his thoughts on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the largest trade agreement involving many countries since the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), due to be brought up in the Senate soon, the question remains: will the agriculture sector be...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno has committed to pursue the passage of the remaining tax reform packages that were left behind by the Duterte administration involving real property valuation and financial taxation. Once in the 19th Congress opens, Diokno said the Marcos administration would...
Outgoing Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan on Friday, June 10 asked the government to free the farmers and peasant advocates who were arrested in Concepcion, Tarlac yesterday. Inquest proceedings on the charge of malicious mischief and obstruction of justice slapped against the 87 farmers...
Despite a strong campaign being mounted by the government and private business organizations, the Senate was still unable in its second attempt to concur with the ratification of mega trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Given also the strong opposition from the...
The Senate will debate and probably vote on the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) when it resumes regular session on May 23. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives will hold plenary session for two weeks after the May, 2022 national and local...
The Department of Finance (DOF) remains optimistic that Congress will pass this year the remaining tax reform packages that aim to reform the property valuation system and simplify capital market taxation. After the legislature was able to act on a slew of economic liberalization bills in 2021,...
A total of 51 agriculture groups – composed of farmers, fishers, and producers – have joined forces to sign a petition against the mega trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The groups think the deal will result in further “import surges, price depressions, and...
A coalition of nearly a hundred agricultural organizations based across different parts of the country has made an appeal to the senate to delay its concurrence to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In a statement, Bayanihan sa Agrikultura said “the country will never gain...
The Philippines should continue to adopt fiscal reforms, particularly tax reforms still pending in Congress, to sustain these fiscal gains, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Based on its latest DOF economic bulletin, it noted that the recent fiscal reforms have boosted the government’s tax...
