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Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill which seeks to ensure that health insurance premiums paid by employers for their employees remain tax-free. Angara earlier chided the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for issuing Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 50-2018 which taxed group health insurance premiums, noting that such issuance was not included among the provisions […]
House Agriculture Committee Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban expressed support for the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to place Negros Island under land reform, saying this would go a long way towards addressing the insurgency problem in the country. Last week, the President announced that he was mulling placing Negros island under land […]
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on a bill increasing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) capitalization from P50 billion to P200 billion and strengthening its regulatory powers. “The bicameral conference committee adopted en toto the Senate version except for one amendment. They removed the tax provision that will go to the […]
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Bato Dela Rosa urged over a thousand local government officials, barangay officials, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members, and teachers in Tuburan, Cebu to support the administration’s war against drugs. “We are facing a faceless enemy with unlimited resources,” Dela Rosa said during the whole-day Anti-Drug and Peace and Order Summit […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go has vowed to push for legislative reforms in the health, agriculture, education, and housing sectors if he gets elected to the Senate in next year’s midterm polls. Go was the guest of honor at the launching of the Kusog Bicolandia party where he was named as […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has sponsored a measure that seeks to increase the service incentive leave pay of private employees. Under Senate Bill No. 1614 or “An Act Increasing Service Incentive Leave Pay of Employees”, every employee who has rendered at least one year of service shall be entitled to an annual service incentive leave of […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III said he is keeping an open mind on the possible extension of martial law in Mindanao, following announcements from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) that they will recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte another extension of military rule in the region for at least […]
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recognized the group of Senator Koko Pimentel III as the legitimate faction of the administration party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban). In a five-page decision, the poll body declared the senator’s organization as the authorized signatory for the political party and not the group of […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go told around 4,000 youth leaders in Zamboanga Del Norte to focus on their responsibilities to their community and reminded them that it is every Filipino’s duty to serve our country. “Alam ko na sa edad n’yo ngayon, prayoridad ninyo ang inyong mga assignments, mga exams o […]
A bill seeking to establish a sound legal and regulatory framework for the development of Islamic banks in the country has been recently filed by Senator Win Gatchalian. In filing Senate Bill No. 2105 (SB 2105) or “An Act Providing for the Regulation and Organization of Islamic Banks,” Gatchalian highlighted the role of Islamic banking […]