Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has joined other lawmakers in pushing for the abolition of the travel tax saying it is an unnecessary burden on Filipinos and ASEAN nationals. Go has filed Senate Bill No.1849, which also seeks to abolish the travel tax imposed on Filipinos leaving the country and...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has joined the move to abolish the travel tax and lift what he described as an unnecessary financial burden on millions of Filipinos flying abroad. Zubiri filed Senate Bill No. 1793 titled “Travel Tax Abolition Act of 2026,” which was...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, February 11 expressed his support to calls that seek the abolition of the travel tax, saying the policy has long outlived its purpose and hindered the mobility based on financial capacity of Filipinos. Villanueva said he is optimistic that the measure would...
President Marcos has approved 21 priority measures up for passage in June this year, including the proposal to abolish travel tax, Malacañang said. Marcos met with the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on Tuesday morning, Feb. 10, to discuss the priority bills that are...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is calling for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the reallocation of its budget to agencies that...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications Rep. Erwin Tulfo has proposed a "restructure" of the National Food Authority (NFA), instead of an abolition. “Hindi naman buwagin, but rather restructure. As a...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) As if to quell senators' mistrust, ranking members of the House of Representatives have given individual assurances that there's no plan to abolish the Senate amid the current push...
The Philippine government asked United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Dr. Ian Fry to engage in a “genuine dialogue” with the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he suggested that the task force be abolished. UN Special Rapporteur Ian Fry with Philippine...
Malacañang has issued a memorandum abolishing the North Luzon Railways Corporation (NORTHRAIL) for not producing the desired outcomes and not generating the level of social, physical, and economic returns. NORTHRAIL (Facebook) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Memorandum Order No. 17 by...
A ranking congressman has assured senators that the aboltion of the Senate won't be included in the plans of the proposed constitutional convention (con-con), which would be tasked to come up with possible amendments to the 1987 Constitution. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte...
Albay 2nd District Rep. and House Ways and Means chair Joey Salceda on Sunday, Nov. 27, assured workers at the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) that there would be no abolition or layoffs there even after the country’s establishment of its own Center for Disease Control (CDC) inches...
Malacañang has ordered the abolition of the First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE), a 154.5-hectare industrial subdivision in Cavite, after being "dormant and non-operational" for several years and being no longer "cost efficient." Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed Memorandum Order...
