
Smoke, mirrors commission
The investigator, who got too close to the flame — like the moth in Jose Rizal’s story that burned its wings and fell — was relegated to being an adviser.
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The investigator, who got too close to the flame — like the moth in Jose Rizal’s story that burned its wings and fell — was relegated to being an adviser.
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said the number of value-added tax (VAT)-exempt medicines has increased to 2,277 following the inclusion of 14 additional…
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A barangay chairman has filed a fresh complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr.,…
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A plunder complaint has been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr., members of…
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Ilocos Norte Second District Representative Angelo Marcos Barba is preparing to file legislation that would raise the National Tax Allotment for local…
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India is moving to expand tax incentives for foreign investors and manufacturers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to strengthen the country’s appeal as a…
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Following Senator Erwin Tulfo’s revelation that some senators had tried to help reconcile Senators Panfilo Lacson and Alan Peter Cayetano, Malacañang on…
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Former Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan had discretion over a P10-billion lump-sum fund set aside supposedly for lawmakers seeking…
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The Marcos administration said it will push the passage of the tax reform package within the year, stressing that the measures are intended to provide tax…
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A 63-year-old woman was killed and her 26-year-old daughter was wounded when a gunman opened fire on them Monday evening in Barangay Poblacion, Makati,…
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When the powerful are released and the witnesses are silenced, the message is unmistakable: the system protects its own.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is optimistic that more funds allegedly diverted through anomalous flood control projects would be recovered and returned to…
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Twelve plunder cases involving Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials over alleged irregularities in Bulacan flood control projects…
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The Department of Finance (DOF) is proposing higher excise taxes on sweetened beverages, e-cigarettes, alcohol, plastics and vehicles to offset revenue losses…
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A 63-year-old woman was killed while her 26-year-old daughter was wounded after an unidentified gunman opened fire on them in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City…
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‘There are questions that he isn’t answering properly.’
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This time his speechwriter must have, in devil-may-care fashion, put in reverse order the main culprits in the epic floodgate scandal.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent a year positioning himself as the exposer of “Floodgate,” not a subject of it, but the paper trail does not cooperate…
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