Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 23:09:01 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday called on the Duterte administration to produce “tangible results” this year to ease poverty.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 05:39:44 +0000
Malacañang welcomed as “positive news” the 5.1 percent inflation in December 2018 and assured Filipinos it would “not fall into complacency.”
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Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate and the group’s senatorial bet Neri Colmenares denounced on Tuesday the “insulting” P25 wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid the 6.7 percent October inflation rate in the country. Zarate said the 6.7 percent rate of increase in prices of basic commodities was a “testament” to the Tax […]
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The Senate will conduct an inquiry into the suspension of the excise on fuel under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act as an anti-inflation measure, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
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Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos has urged for the immediate one-year suspension of the value added tax (VAT) on basic food commodities, fuel, and electricity to address the skyrocketing inflation in the country.
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Malacañang on Saturday assured the public that the government is taking steps to address the issue on the increasing prices of commodities due to the continuous rise of inflation rate in the country.
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A labor group on Friday said the reason workers could barely make ends meet was the real value of their wages now could only buy products at their 2017 price levels.
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Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday said the Duterte administration has prioritized serving an arrest warrant against Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV over the more important issues on poverty and inflation.
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While “humbled” by her continued top ranking in surveys, Senator Grace Poe opted to focus on more important numbers pertaining to the pressing problems of the country.
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Thanks, but no thanks, Malacañang told off former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas who had ventured several suggestions on how the Duterte administration could beat the rising prices of consumer goods in the wake of the devastation left by Typhoon “Ompong” (internaitonal name: Mangkhut).
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