Cayetano hails Supreme Court decision on tobacco regulation
The Supreme Court ruling sustaining the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate cigarettes and tobacco products ...
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Private schools’ groups laud Senate passage of income tax bill
The country’s largest associations of private schools have welcomed the Senate’s approval on third and final reading of Senate Bill ...
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Private schools seek passage of bill on tax relief
The country’s largest associations of private schools expressed hope the Senate will soon pass Senate Bill No. 2272, granting preferential ...
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Lab schools to test in-person classes
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto said the Department of Education (DepEd) should set up laboratory schools that will ...
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Largest bicycle producer plans manufacturing facility in PH
The Department of Trade and Industry is wooing the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer to invest in the Philippines and meet ...
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Health workers’ reserve force eyed
Senator Pia Cayetano is pushing a measure aim at establishing a national reserve force of health workers who can be ...
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Duterte: Reduce corporate income taxes
President Rodrigo Duterte, in a letter to Senate President Vicente Sotto III, has certified as urgent a bill seeking to ...
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400 moms donate milk to Taal babies
About 400 nursing mothers came together in Taguig City on Thursday to donate breast milk for the babies affected by ...
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Bicam okays bid to hike excise tax on alcohol, vapes
The bicameral (bicam) conference committee on Wednesday approved a measure increasing the excise tax rate on alcohol, heated tobacco, and ...
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Reform to hike excise taxes must be up
An increase to the funding gap for the Universal Health Care Law means that the reform to increase excise taxes ...
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