4P’s Beneficiaries Will Be Given Cash Instead of Rice 4P’s beneficiaries will be given cash instead of rice according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon where other government official agreed. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) rice subsidy will be converted to cash next year according to Drilon for over 4.6 million Filipinos. Budget Secretary … Read more
The proposal to impose higher taxes to fatty and sugary foods including soft drinks to promote better collection and health is killing the businessmen softly. The Department of Finance (DOF) eyes to impose higher taxes on fatty and sugary foods to improve the government’s tax collection and promote better health conditions in the country. According … Read more
Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said that the oral arguments will be continued on September 7, Wednesday, at 10 in the morning. The oral arguments on the proposed burial of former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB, Heroes’ Cemetery) which was started on Wednesday, August 31, will be continued … Read more
Pres. Duterte points out that he and Russia Pres. Putin are similar. DUTERTE POINTS – Philippine Pres. Rodrigo ‘Rody’ Duterte aired that he and Russia Pres. Vladimir Putin are similar. To compare leaders across nations is an inevitable thing. Citizens would usually look at the characteristics of leaders and at times would even evaluate who … Read more
A Chinese national failed to pass through the Philippines’ gateway to the world after being intercepted by the Bureau of Customs. A Chinese national was arrested by the operatives from the Bureau of Customs (BoC) on August 31, Wednesday, after different kinds of contraband, including skimming devices, were confiscated from him at the Ninoy Aquino … Read more
Duterte orders the police not to arrest MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari so that talks will be continued Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shows more signs of his promise to provide the Filipino people with peace, as his duty as the president of the country. On Wednesday, Duterte says he plans to meet a fugitive Muslim rebel … Read more
Alvarez Plans to Abolish SK and Barangay Elections in 2017 Alvarez plans to abolish SK (Sangguniang Kabataan) the entire youth council and barangay captains and kagawad in October 2016 elections. On Tuesday (August 30, 2016) House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez plans to pursue the barangay and SK elections on 2017 if his proposal will succeed. The … Read more
President Duterte Warned Newly Home OFW’s to Avoid Drugs President Duterte warned newly home OFW’s from Saudi Arabia to avoid illegal drugs on Wednesday (August 31, 2016) in line with his anti-illegal drug campaign. More than 100 repatriated OFW’s from Saudi Arabia arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday morning. The United States a close ally … Read more
There is no holding back for the Department of Finance in the imposition of higher taxes on fatty foods as the government aims to improve tax collections in the country. The imposition of more taxes from fatty foods such as junk foods and soft drinks are being eyed by the Department of Finance (DOF) to … Read more
The anti-Marcos burial groups aired their sentiments against the planned rites for the former dictator, late President Ferdinand Marcos, saying it could end national tragedy. National tragedy, as the Anti- Marcos burial would call the entire two-decade regime and its effect, could be ended by not allowing the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ corpse laid at … Read more