Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:34:56 +0000
Midway through the Duterte administration, poverty incidence is on a decline, household incomes are rising, and unemployment continues to ease
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Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares has contradicted President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statements on the high cost of oil products.
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Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate has criticized the approval of the substitute bill to the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) package two, calling it insensitive because the inflation rate for the month of July just reached 5.7 percent.
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Saturday said his bill for the second package of the government’s tax reform program has a chance to be approved before the 2019 Elections. According to Sotto, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) 2 might be granted if proven that it would benefit the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
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