The beginning of the end
"Nobody was prepared for a crisis of this magnitude." The final State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo ...
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Government likely reached 100% fuel marking target–Dominguez
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said over the weekend the government likely marked 100 percent of fuel oil inventory in ...
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LB assures beneficiaries of CCTP funds release
State-run LandBank of the Philippines, the fourth-largest lender in terms of assets, assured the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer program ...
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Final bite of excise tax on oil to unleash price shocks starting 2020
With the third tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act’s on excise tax on oil, consumers must ...
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Fewer poor Pinoys
"The reduction in poverty incidence is most welcome." As we near the end of 2019, the good news that greeted us ...
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Dutertenomics lifts 6m poor Filipinos
‘Dutertenomics’, the socioeconomic blueprint of the Duterte administration, through its massive ‘Build, Build, Build’ infrastructure program funded by the Tax ...
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BIR eyes $7.3-million Korean grant for invoice system
The government plans to tap a $7.3-million grant from the Korea International Cooperation Agency to implement the first phase of ...
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High court asked to nullify TRAIN 1
A party-list group on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to declare The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act or ...
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‘Tax reform to worsen house backlog’
THE country’s housing backlog will worsen under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act, according to an advocacy group. ...
Read moreTRAIN to drive workers even poorer—senator
WARNING that the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act could render 1.7-million “near poor” wage earners poorer, Akbayan ...
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