A congressman from a renewable energy (RE) hub in the Philippines has expressed high hopes for the House-passed KALINGA bill--a crisis response measure that stemmed from the fuel price crisis. Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte said that House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading an all-encompassing measure that seeks to establish a permanent national emergency response framework to protect Filipinos from fuel-driven inflation, energy shocks, supply disruptions and future global crises....
Reforms in public procurement, infrastructure oversight, and accountability must be fully carried out to ensure that the billion-peso flood-control corruption scandal does not happen again and those responsible are made to answer, according to four governance and business groups. In a joint...
President Marcos’ chief economic manager said that streamlined taxes imposed by local government units (LGUs) on businesses enjoying tax perks encourage easier compliance and attract more investments to the Philippines. This comes on the heels of issuing the first joint memorandum circular (JMC)...
A 59-year-old man was arrested late Wednesday night, May 27, after allegedly pointing a firearm at neighbors gathered for a mobile game session outside his residence in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), the incident occurred around 10:10...
If the deadly building collapse in Angeles City, Pampanga over the weekend highlighted anything, it 's the need for the immediate passage of the proposed new Philippine Building Act (PBA). Thus, said Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr., chairman of the House Committee on Public...
Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) are optimistic that a measure recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives would let all local government units (LGUs) harmonize their respective land use plans with a...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued new rules streamlining the temporary admission of foreign cable-laying and repair vessels, as the government moves to facilitate submarine cable and offshore energy projects deemed critical to the country’s digital and energy infrastructure. Under the...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap played a key role in strengthening the proposed KALINGA Act on Wednesday, May 20 by ensuring the inclusion of concrete, consumer-focused interventions aimed at delivering immediate relief to Filipinos. The KALINGA Act--a pet measure of the House...
The proposed national emergency response and resiliency framework dubbed as the KALINGA Actwhich members of the House of Representatives crafted amid the fuel price crisis--has been approved on second reading. Deputy Speaker Misamis Oriental 2nd district Rep. Yevgeny Vincente Emano, the presiding...
A nearly seven-year-old policy that froze new Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone approvals in Metro Manila may need to be revisited as compliant office space in key central business districts (CBDs) becomes increasingly scarce, according to property consultancy Colliers. In a May 19...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has overhauled the rules for dissolving corporate entities and cancelling tax registrations, introducing a fast-track system that slashes processing times to as little as three working days for smaller enterprises. The tax agency issued Revenue Memorandum...
