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(MANILA BULLETIN) The lower chamber has unanimously approved on third and final reading the measure defining the new crime of tax racketeering and imposing heavy penalties on offenders. Passed during plenary session Monday afternoon, May 29 was House Bill (HB) No. 8144, which aims to amend Section...

(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...

Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants to outlaw tax racketeering and at the same time make it a non-bailable offense. For this purpose, the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.7653, or the proposed Act defining the crime of tax racketeering. The...