House Ways and Means panel chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that Congress should legislate “Al Capone” laws to impose greater taxation on seized ill-gotten wealth and money laundering, as well as allow evidence of tax evasion to be used to assist in the prosecution of...
The chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means is projecting the release of the P500 household fuel subsidy soon or before the May 9 polls. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "I am quite positive that we will start distributing those subsidies before the...
Brace yourself for potential pandesal price hikes. This, after Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Tuesday, April 5 that the next price hike on basic goods would probably be on bread and other baked goods. Traditional Filipino pandesal. There are different variations of the bread (Unsplash)...
The final draft of the Strategic Investment Priorities Plan (SIPP) under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law has been completed and will soon be presented to President Rodrigo Duterte, said House Ways and Means chair and Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda. Rep....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has called for a shift of national focus from a land-based security to maritime security. (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) “The Philippines is a maritime state. Our domestic insurgency has forced us to focus much of our energies on land-based security, but...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda sought to disprove allegations that the lower chamber has yet to lift a finger on the problem of agricultural smuggling in the country. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The House...
Vice President Leni Robredo is willing to work with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should the Robredo-Sara (RoSa) movement becomes successful in making the two women officials win as President and Vice President in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte...
House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda has not only doubled down on his endorsement of a Vice President Leni Robredo and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte tandem; he also made several suggestions for economic development that the two could enact if elected. Rep. Joey Salceda during...
House Committee on Ways and Means chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says the 2020s could become the best decade ever for the Philippines in terms of foreign direct investment (FDIs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) This, after it was reported Monday, March 21 that President...
Presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos doesn't buy a congressman's theory that a president's name would dictate whether or not he or she would be accepted by the international community. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda says that increasing minimum wage is the right thing to do amid price hikes, particularly that of fuel. House Ways and Means Chair and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the Albay 2nd district...
House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee co-chairperson Joey Salceda said that the "worst is yet to come" in terms of to the fuel situation even as he projected double-digit or near double-digit increases on pump prices next week. "Current crude prices is at USD 127 . At the pump, this may translate to...
