Airline operators join push to scrap travel tax
Local airline operators are supporting the proposed abolition of the travel tax, warning that keeping it could continue to discourage overseas travel.
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Local airline operators are supporting the proposed abolition of the travel tax, warning that keeping it could continue to discourage overseas travel.
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A lawmaker claimed on Sunday that scrapping the travel tax could generate as much as P22 billion in additional annual government revenue, far exceeding the…
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‘This responsibility adds operational complexity and administrative costs to agencies, and in some cases exposes them to risks of deficits or discrepancies due…
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The Floodgate scandal centered on hundreds of billions of pesos worth of ‘ghost’ and substandard flood control projects under the Department of Public Works…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will prioritize the abolition of the travel tax imposed on outbound airline passengers, along with 20 pieces of legislation…
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House Committee on Tourism Vice Chairman Gil Acosta of Palawan on Saturday said the decades-old travel tax has become a contributing factor to the high cost of…
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Between the NEP and the final GAA, legislators removed the bulk of these projects from the programmed budget.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved P7.372 billion in additional funds for teachers and non-teaching personnel nationwide to cover the remaining…
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A bill filed in the Senate seeks to abolish the Optical Media Board (OMB), which has become outdated amid the decline of disc-based media and the rise of…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allocated P21.7 billion for the first phase of base pay increases for military and uniformed personnel,…
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The proposed Fiscal Year 2026 national budget sends a clear message to the country’s military and uniformed personnel (MUPs): their welfare, compensation, and…
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Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Rolando Toledo said the national government is targeting infrastructure spending equivalent to 4.3…
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Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Rolando Toledo said the national government is targeting infrastructure spending equivalent to 4.3…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Tuesday assured the public that the proposed 2026 national budget is free from infrastructure-related…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UAs) in the 2026 national budget are “constitutionally valid.”
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday said the unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) in the 2026 national budget are “constitutionally valid.”
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There will be no delays or reductions in salaries, pensions, and retirement benefits under the 2026 national budget, Malacañang said on Tuesday, debunking…
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Infrastructure spending continued to contract in October 2025 amid the fallout from the flood control scandal, according to the Department of Budget and…
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