Billionaires must give back
A wealth tax of one to three percent, based on Ibon’s estimate, can generate P500 to P600 billion a year, if it covers 3,000 Filipino billionaires with total…
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A wealth tax of one to three percent, based on Ibon’s estimate, can generate P500 to P600 billion a year, if it covers 3,000 Filipino billionaires with total…
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Senator Loren Legarda is considering a Bayanihan 3 Law that would grant President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. more special powers, including to temporarily waive the…
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Former National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Cesar Chavez is proposing a sweeping institutional reform that would transform the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)…
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Instead of cultivating new talent and ideas, term limits have perpetuated a cycle of mediocrity and political substitutions within families.
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Former Finance Secretary Gary Teves has proposed postponing the Philippines’ hosting of this year’s ASEAN Summit, saying the move could free up billions in…
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Noting that major global events have been re-scheduled in the past, like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, deferring the ASEAN Summit would save the country P17.5…
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A speeding ambulance on the road is not unusual, and other motorists are expected to give way. But an ambulance carrying a kidney patient speeding along…
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‘The tensions were very high in January with arguments flying... There needed to be some kind of de-escalation.’
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While the immediate response is a show of ‘performative action,’ the gains are very small.
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A veteran election lawyer and a senator are calling for a radical overhaul of Metro Manila’s work schedules, proposing staggered city-wide off-days and private…
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Veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal has proposed a staggered four-day workweek for Metro Manila’s major cities as a strategy to cut fuel consumption and…
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The Global Tourism Business Association (GTBA) is calling for Japan and South Korea to exempt Filipino travelers holding valid United States or Canadian…
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A 24/7 shopping and delivery company in China launched a special service for people who could not be with their families or others to celebrate the Lunar New…
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Akbayan Partylist Rep. Chel Diokno has filed a measure proposing that 25 February be declared a regular national holiday to commemorate the 1986 People Power…
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The matter of proportionality in relation to population has no scientific basis in the field of fiscal governance, as the same proceeds from a different metric.
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Nagbitiw sa kaniyang posisyon bilang Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman ng Barangay Bubukal si Mark Adrian Napiza.
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The Department of Education’s proposal for a trimester system from kindergarten through senior high school for the incoming School Year 2026-2027 requires…
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PALO, Leyte — The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) redeployed 146 Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel to Leyte towns with a long history of political…
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