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A lawmaker urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to petition the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt all the aid transactions of the department from the ban on public spending under Comelec Resolution No. 10747. In a letter addressed to DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista, Albay Representative Joey Salceda said the prohibition has […]
All public servants – from the clerk all the way to the President – must be excluded from the “protection” of the Bank Secrecy Act, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Lacson said this will help curb corruption as government officials and employees who enrich themselves while in office will have a harder time hiding their ill-gotten […]
To help boost the supply of vaccines and other critical and essential supplies needed by the country in its fight against COVID-19, Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to exempt donations of these goods from donor’s tax. Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccines is becoming widely available for purchase by the government […]
Senators Risa Hontiveros and Kiko Pangilinan is calling for a Senate inquiry in aid of legislation into the alleged lobbying by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to exclude Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) from the strict coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine measures. Senate Resolution No. 396 comes after the gaming regulator allowed POGOs to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to be more liberal in applying certain rules on fringe benefit tax for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. This will encourage micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in giving additional benefits to their employees so they can stock up on […]
To ensure the continuous supply of agricultural goods and fish in the market, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved recommendations from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to exempt workers in the agricultural and fisheries sectors from the Enhanced Community Quarantine now being enforced in Luzon.Cabinet Secretary Karlo […]
Veterinarians will also now be exempted from the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine now being enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured. In a Palace press briefing, Dar said veterinarians will also be allowed to travel within Luzon based based on the quarantine’s guidelines. “Essential farm […]
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Danilo Lim reiterated that trucks of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company Inc. that deliver water supplies to residents affected by the supply shortage in the metropolis are still exempted from the Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme. “We have a standing […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has called for the exemption of petroleum products from the coverage of the value-added tax (VAT) to help cushion the impact of the implementation of the second tranche of the fuel excise tax. “As a means of easing the burden on the public, this bill proposes to exempt petroleum products from […]
Apart from medicines for diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, Senator Sonny Angara will also study the possibility of exempting from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) all cancer medications and other available maintenance medicines in the market. Angara is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means that deliberated and made possible the VAT […]