
Senators back emergency power for BBM to cut taxes
The President cannot unilaterally suspend the imposition of mandatory excise taxes unless Congress passes a law.
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The President cannot unilaterally suspend the imposition of mandatory excise taxes unless Congress passes a law.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sought to calm fears of a fuel shortage as the war between the United States and Iran threatened to disrupt the global oil…
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Petron Corp. capped 2025 with a net income of P15.6 billion, soaring 84 percent from P8.5 billion in 2024.
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Today, we may be going about our daily activities without having to fear what the skies could drop upon us. Yet somehow we feel that something has already…
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The lesson, for the Philippines, is both urgent and familiar: the country’s economic fate is tied, inescapably, to the stability of a world it does not control.
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Amid continuous fuel price hikes, lawmakers on Tuesday renewed calls to scrap taxes on oil products as pump prices are projected to increase by nearly P2 per…
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Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso ordered a 50 percent reduction in fuel consumption for all city government operations Monday, citing an anticipated…
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The Visayas Command (VisCom) continues to strengthen operational effectiveness and frontline leadership as Lt. Gen. Fernando Reyeg, Philippine Army, VisCom…
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The global smartphone market is projected to suffer its sharpest decline on record in 2026 as shortages of memory chips and rising component costs force…
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TACLOBAN CITY — The Philippine Army coordinated with local government units to return the body of a suspected New People’s Army (NPA) combatant killed in a…
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‘No excavation, no concrete flood control structures, no signs of heavy equipment activity, and no visible rehabilitation of the old box culvert downstream.’
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PALO, Leyte — An independent citizen’s group says it uncovered at least two non-existent flood control projects in Leyte worth over P200 million, contradicting…
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PALO, Leyte — A bridge or tunnel connecting the Visayas and Mindanao islands will undergo a feasibility study this year, alongside a similar study for a…
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The initiative aims to restore the bridge’s capacity to accommodate vehicles weighing up to 30 gross tons.
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers emphatically got back to winning ways Tuesday, coasting to a 109-94 victory over the New York Knicks as their…
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PALO, Leyte — The Department of Public Works and Highways regional office in Eastern Visayas will proceed with retrofitting works on the damaged Calbiga Bridge…
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Epson Philippines Corporation (EPC) has inaugurated its newest office in Cebu, strengthening its presence in the Visayas as part of a broader push to bring its…
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SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) is staking its claim on Cebu’s entertainment market with the SM Seaside Cebu Arena, a 25,000-seat venue set to open in…
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