President Duterte has signed into law the measure establishing the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI). President Duterte (Malacañng photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11572 on July 30, 2021. The new law sought to bridge the research and policy gap in the energy...
Believing that vaccination remains the best solution to quell the virus spread, President Duterte is amenable to opening the government's vaccination to anyone willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte shows vials of AstraZeneca vaccines donated...
Senators on Thurday, July 29, again called for an amendment of the country's tax code to provide a "permanent" solution to the erroneous interpretation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) Senate President...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has inaugurated two new National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in the country’s top rice-producing province, Nueva Ecija. Such a development, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, will support the government’s efforts to bring the Philippines’...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said President Duterte has now accomplished eight tenths of his economic reform program that provided income tax cuts for individuals and corporations. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Wednesday, July 28, that 85 percent of the Duterte...
Former speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano credited his term as House of Representatives head for most of the legislative achievements that earned commendation from President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 26. Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano “Most...
President Duterte lamented that his six-year term will be judged solely on his administration’s COVID-19 response and not on the campaign promises he has fulfilled. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth and final State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2021. (Malacañang) This is despite...
President Duterte urged Congress to pass two new laws that will benefit government troops as he looked back at how he improved the capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help them carry out their duties to the public. President Duterte...
Corruption may be eliminated in government if martial law will be declared to replace all officials in the bureaucracy with new ones, President Duterte said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, 2021. (Screenshot /RTVM) The President, in...
The Philippines is in a better situation compared to other countries in terms of vaccination efforts, according to President Duterte. A senior citizen receives a J&J Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) As more...
The government incurred hefty foregone revenues due to fiscal incentives enjoyed by favored enterprises one year before the landmark congressional approval of the corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) law. According to the report submitted by the Department of Finance -...
Senator Imee Marcos has appealed for the suspension of the imposition of the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on oil products for a year while the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts to the economy. 18997 The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Economic...