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Senator Joel Villanueva filed a measure that mandates establishments to give 100 percent of its collected service charge and tips to their employees. Currently, Article 96 of the Labor Code provides that employees are entitled to only 85 percent of the service charge paid by customers in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments while 15 […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for an additional P4 billion in the 2018 budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social pension for indigent senior citizens to cover another six hundred thousand senior citizens in next year’s appropriation law. Hontiveros said that in the proposed 2018 National Government budget, the fund […]
To aid the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in its goal to be more efficient in the correct assessment and collection of customs duties and taxes thus enabling the bureau to meet its target, Senator Dick Gordon has initiated the approval for additional budget for the BOC’s procurement of additional X-ray machines. During one of […]
The House committee on public order and safety conducted deliberations on various measures mandating members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement agencies to wear body camera during their operations. Rep. Romeo Acop (2nd District, Antipolo City), committee chairman, said equipping law enforcers with body-worn cameras will ensure better evidence documentation […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill 6396 which seeks to institute policies for the protection and welfare of caregivers in the practice of their profession. Rep. Geraldine Roman (1st District, Bataan), principal author of the proposed “Caregivers Welfare Act”, said professional and responsive care giving is very vital to medically […]
A content-based approach to the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax would generate more revenue for the government instead of a volume-based scheme, Senator Win Gatchalian has said as he called on the government to develop technological and knowledge capacities to implement the scheme. Gatchalian revealed that the content-based system could generate P47 billion in government […]
Senator Joel Villanueva called for the retention of tax incentives being given to business process outsourcing (BPO) companies such as Regional Operating Headquarters (ROHQs). Republic Act No. 8756 defines ROHQ as “any foreign business entity formed, organized, and existing under any laws other than those of the Philippines whose purpose is to service its […]
Teachers, both public and private, will be among the millions of income taxpayers that will benefit from the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill. Senate Bill 1592 or TRAIN seeks to exempt P150,000 annual taxable income, while retaining the P82,000 tax exemption for 13th month pay and other bonuses, […]
Senator Grace Poe endorsed the immediate passage of the proposed Whistleblower’s Protection Act to encourage more people to come out undeterred in the light of reports that cops involved in drug slays are seeking protection from the Church. “We encourage everyone to come out but we also have to have something in place to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is advocating the expansion of the personal income tax exemption provided in the Senate version of the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act as a means of decreasing the burden to be imposed on near poor households by the new tax regime. Gatchalian, who serves as Chairman of […]