Wasting no time, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo has formally sought a congressional inquiry into the non-operation of the Tumana and Iwahig pumping stations during the onslaught of the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat. Quimbo filed House Resolution (HR) No. 1342 on Monday, Aug. 10, a day...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo demanded on Sunday, Aug. 9 the immediate suspension of the contractor and operator of the Iwahig and Tumana pumping stations after he discovered firsthand that they were non-working and abandoned. An irate Quimbo directed his call to Department of Public...
Top leaders from the House of Representatives have filed a measure seeking to exempt electricity consumers from paying the 12 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the much-panned system loss charges. Filed by Senior Deputy Speaker South Cotabato Cotabato 2nd district Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez and...
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo says the chamber plans to lower the cost of electricity by imposing a one-time value added tax (VAT), on top of scrapping system loss charges as pitched by President Marcos. Quimbo told a news conference Tuesday,...
Ranking congressmen believe that President Marcos ' proposed tax reform package presents an opportunity to remove long-standing barriers that prevent inherited properties from being put to productive use. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep Miro Quimbo...
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo eyes higher taxes on vape products, sugar-sweetened beverages and single-use plastics to offset the hefty P50-billion revenue loss from President Marcos ' proposed tax relief package for Filipino workers....
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo says he is committed to help President Marcos pursue sweeping tax reforms aimed at easing the burden on Filipino families and businesses, as stated in the latter 's State of the Nation Address (SONA). "We...
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...
Help is on the way. House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos gave this assurance to Filipinos after the Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) approve on Tuesday, May 12 the consolidated KALINGA Bill. House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep....
The House of Representatives ' proposed KALINGA Act received a big boost on Tuesday afternoon, May 5 after the country’s economic managers threw their support behind the fuel price crisis response measure. The expressions of support were made during the first hearing of the House Ad Hoc...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte has echoed the call of the House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council to suspend for two months the collection of value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products. Villafuerte, chairman of the House Committee on Information and...
The House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council has covered a lot of ground in terms of coming up with a wide range of legislative responses to this era of elevated fuel prices. To their credit, members of the House of Representatives actively participated in the three hearings...
