President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has deemed "reasonable" the proposal to increase taxes on luxury goods from 20 percent to 25 percent. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "alagay ko naman (I think), it’s reasonable that we will tax the consumption side of those who...
House Ways and Means chair and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on Tuesday, Feb. 7, warned that prices of fish and eggs will “remain elevated” throughout the year although he assured that inflation from February onwards will be lower compared to January. Eggs and fish (Pixabay/MANILA...
The Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda-led Committee on Ways and Means will give way to another House panel regarding the chamber's inquiry on the onion price surge and agricultural smuggling. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Salceda had this to say Monday, Feb,. 6, noting that he had "sought...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Rep. Joey Salceda has formally endorsed Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co as his successor as congressman of the second district of Albay in the 2025 mid-term elections. SALCEDA (FB) Salceda, in an interview during the distribution of cash aid and foods packs to residents...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – At least 2,000 families affected by inclement weather in the island-town of Rapu-Rapu in Albay province received aid from the government on Sunday, Feb. 5. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Bilbao, Dapdap, Lagundi, Sagrada, Caracaran, San Ramon, and Liguan in Batan...
The local market currently has an egg problem and a chicken problem. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda believes he knows which caused which. (Unsplash) Salceda claims that there is a connection between the recent egg price hikes and smuggling of frozen chicken meat. The smuggling of frozen meat,...
The Supreme Court's (SC) affirmation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law emboldens the House of Representatives--particularly the Committee on Ways and Means--to continue pursuing tax reform measures. Albay 2nd district Rep.Joey Salceda (Facebook) “The ruling upholding...
An economist-congressman believes that "the best is yet to come" in terms of the economy after the Philippines exceeded expectations with its full year gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “The 2022 full year GDP growth rate of 7.6 percent,...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Joey Salceda believes that digitalization is a simple solution to the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) perennial problems of undervaluation of goods and smuggling. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN) “Let’s revisit the BOC’s...
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading a proposal to renew the legislative franchise of the International Broadcasting Corporation, more popularly known as IBC-13, for another 25 years. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No.6505 was approved via...
Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman is disputing his fellow congressman's claim that the country’s government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) has surplus earnings for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman...
The price surge on onions is a big headache for Filipinos, but it's a solvable problem. (Unsplash) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda made this assertion on Monday, Jan. 23 a few hours after the House Committee on Ways and Means held a inquiry on the state of agricultural smuggling in the...
