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Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday suggested that the Department of Tourism promote responsible tourism through a campaign that will teach tourists about the values of caring for the environment. The proposal came following reports of complaints from residents and environmental advocates about the trash left behind by revelers of “Laboracay”, a Labor Day weekend […]
“Taxing cooperatives would cause the slow death of micro social enterprises and anti-poverty initiatives, especially in the countryside. The government should encourage the growth of groups that help the poor to compete against purely capitalist businesses. We should not shackle them with additional financial burdens. Please spare the coops. If government wants to generate […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III today said it has become indispensable for the government to mobilize the youth in the service of the country due to growing calamities and security threats that have confronted the people. Pimentel said he fully supports the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to reintroduce the defunct Reserve Officers’ […]
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV urged his colleagues to pass a bill which grants night shift differential pay to government employees, including employees of government-owned or controlled corporations, who work during night time. “The work at night is more strenuous than work done during the day, hence, the former deserves greater compensation. It is a […]
As the nation commemorated the 496th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, Senator Richard Gordon called on Filipinos to be modern-day Lapu-Lapus and fight harder to free the country from illegal drugs, killings, corruption and other crimes. Gordon pointed out that Lapu-Lapu, the ruler of Mactan, was the first Asian to defeat the colonial […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should address the need to bring about more equitable and sustainable economic development across the region and to promote stronger regional cooperation. Legarda said that the Philippines, as Chair of ASEAN 2017, has an excellent opportunity to steer ASEAN’s work in ways […]
A legislator representing the 14-million strong cooperative sector is leading the charge in efforts to convince Congress to retain the tax exemptions currently extended to the country’s close to 10,000 cooperatives. COOP-NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo said that while the coop sector supports the administration’s tax reform efforts, it opposes any move to repeal the […]
Senator Loren Legarda said that Filipinos, especially those in poor vulnerable communities, would benefit from the country’s accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change through the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committees on Climate Change and Finance, made the statement as she joined delegates from other Asian countries at […]
Senator Sonny Angara has sought to grant tax incentives and other perks to foreign film makers should they shoot their movies here in the Philippines. The incentives are contained in Angara’s Senate Bill 1330, shortly titled, “Philippine Film and Television Tourism Act,” which, if enacted into law, will make locally-shot international movies huge “advertising […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday congratulated the country’s 3,747 new lawyers and urged them to practice their profession in their home provinces so they could contribute to economic development where it is needed most. Pimentel, who obtained his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law and topped […]