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A Bicameral Conference Committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday approved the bicam report on the disagreeing provisions of House Bill 9007 and Senate Bill 2239, which would regulate the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use, and communication of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products, as well as novel tobacco products. This […]
A measure seeking to clarify the latest Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation imposing 25 percent corporate income tax on private schools has been filed at the House of Representatives. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez filed House Bill 9577, which seeks to correct an erroneous interpretation of the tax imposed on proprietary educational institutions under the […]
A House of Representatives panel approved the tax provisions of the measure that seeks to provide a free and culture-sensitive civil registration system for Indigenous Peoples (IPs). In a virtual meeting, the House Ways and Means Committee approved without amendments, Section 6 of the unnumbered substitute bill to House Bills 1332 and 2812, principally authored […]
A House of Representatives’ panel adopted a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the monthly social pension of senior citizens every three months instead of the current schedule of every six months. The Special Committee on Senior Citizens, chaired by Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes, adopted House Resolution […]
Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez proposed to double the monthly pension of senior citizens to P1,000 to tide them over amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. In filing House Bill 7266, Rodriguez said the current monthly stipend at P500 being received under Republic Act No. 9994 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act) should at […]