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Senator Sonny Angara has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to withdraw its revenue memorandum circular which states that premiums on health cards shall be subject to tax. Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 50-2018 (A7) provides that premiums on health cards paid by the employer for all employees shall be included as part of bonuses […]
Senator Sonny Angara has endorsed for plenary approval the bill creating “judges-at-large” positions in the lower courts to help unclog court dockets and speed up the resolution of cases. In sponsoring the proposed Judges-At-Large Act of 2018, Angara said Filipinos can somehow expect the wheels of justice in the country to turn faster with the […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill dividing Palawan – the country’s largest province into three new provinces: Palawan Del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan Del Sur. House Bill No. 8055 was sponsored by Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, and was passed with 14 affirmative votes, […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss the disqualification case filed against him by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio for lack of merit. “It is incumbent upon the Honorable Commission to dismiss the instant petition filed against the respondent for utter lack of merit,” Pimentel said in his 26-page verified answer […]
The Bicameral Conference Committee has approved the reconciled Senate and House versions of the bill that will let mobile subscribers keep their mobile numbers even if they switch to another mobile service provider or change subscription plans from prepaid to postpaid or vice versa. With the approval of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, asked farmers to be firm in their heroic work of producing food for every Filipino as she revealed that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte would soon be pouring multi-billion-peso funds for various agriculture programs. Speaking before farmers and other agriculture stakeholders during […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1998, or the proposed rice tariffication bill, which President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent in a bid to bring down the price of rice in the market and reduce inflation. SB 1998, sponsored by Senator Cynthia Villar, was passed with a vote of […]
Senator Joel Villanueva lauded the passage of Senate Bill No. 1850 or “An Act Institutionalizing A National Integrated Cancer Control Program and Appropriating Funds Therefor.” The bill, which Villanueva authored, was passed on third and final reading with 18 affirmative votes. It institutionalizes a National Integrated Cancer Control Program by integrating cancer consciousness into schools’ […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to institutionalize a national integrated cancer control program in the country. Senate Bill No. 1850, sponsored by Senator JV Ejercito, was approved with 18 affirmative votes, zero negative vote and no abstention. Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said […]
Senator Sonny Angara is looking forward to faster implementation of the government’s free WiFi project in state universities and colleges (SUCs) with the expected entry of the third major player in the telecommunications industry. Angara expressed hope the third telco would invest in telecoms infrastructure that would support the implementation of a law establishing free […]