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Duterte says tax reforms boosted growth before COVID-19 hit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 08:01 PM

The tax reforms passed by Congress helped drive economic growth before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday during his last State of the Nation Address.  Read more »

Lacson-Sotto tandem to push for budget reform, shun 'entertainment' in campaign

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 05:47 PM

MANILA— Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said budget reform would be one of the key programs that he and Sen. Panfilo Lacson would push for as they vie for the two highest positions in the country in the 2022 national elections.   Read more »

Fitch Ratings revises PH outlook to negative but affirms 'BBB' rating

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 11:48 AM

Uncertainties arising from the Duterte administration's new tax reform law lead to a negative credit score for the Philippines.  Read more »

Political parties of 3 ex-presidents confirm 'alliance' with Sara Duterte's HNP

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 04:13 PM

The political parties of three former presidents are all eyeing an alliance with Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio's Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) ahead of the 2022 elections, their officials confirmed Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte hiniling sa Kongreso na unahin ang mga panukala para sa reporma sa buwis

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 11:14 PM

Umaasa si Pangulong Rodrigo na bibigyang prayoridad ng Kongreso ang mga panukalang batas patungkol sa reporma sa pagbubuwis.   Read more »

Chip industry needs at least another year to address global shortage: SEIPI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 04:57 PM

The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc said chip manufacturers cut down on equipment production last year in anticipation of lower demand with the onset of the pandemic.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 26, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 02:45 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Protesters mark George Floyd’s 1st death anniversary, push for police reform

Jeenah Moon, Reuters
Posted at May 26 10:23 AM

Protesters march on the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration on the first death anniversary of George Floyd, in New York City, New York, USA on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte 'appalled' by killings in Negros Oriental: spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 05:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is appalled by a recent string of killings in Negros Oriental province, which he visited this week, Malacañang said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Hopes and dreams in 2022

Edmund Tayao
Posted at May 15 09:54 PM

We can try as we should to have the coming 2022 elections to be an election of programs and platform as it is in other countries. Read more »

Congressional complicity is the country’s ultimate culprit

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at May 15 05:12 AM

The confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic visited upon the Philippines, coming as it has done, at the very juncture of cyberspace interconnectivity introducing impositions and new practices into our society, have created a reality that teems with beneficent opportunities. That we must adapt is inevitable. Read more »

The Filipino elderly are left behind

Sanny D. Afable, IBON Features
Posted at May 13 09:31 PM

It is time we stop treating old-age welfare as an afterthought, a “residual” policy, just because the elderly are “unproductive,” as President Rodrigo Duterte puts it in one of his late-night ramblings.  Read more »

Govt to push 2 more tax reform measures

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 05:16 PM

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Monday the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will push for 2 more tax reform measures amid the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

31 DAR employees nagpositibo sa COVID-19; mandatory testing sa mga empleyado ipinag-utos

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 12:15 PM

Ipinag-utos ng Department of Agrarian Reform na isailalim sa mandatory coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing ang kanilang mga empleyado matapos dumami ang nagpositibo sa sakit sa tanggapan.  Read more »

Facebook, Google CEOs suggest ways to reform key internet law

Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 08:42 AM

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material from their platforms. Read more »

Thai police clash with protesters near king's palace

Matthew Tostevin and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 09:59 PM

BANGKOK - Thai police used water cannon and charged toward protesters who had gathered near the King's Palace in Bangkok on Saturday to call for the release of protest leaders and demand reform of the monarchy. Read more »

BSP inks deal with British Embassy in Manila for fintech, green financing cooperation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 12:08 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Wednesday several Philippine agencies signed a deal with the British Embassy of Manila for the country's participation in UK's Prosperity Fund for the ASEAN Economic Reform Program and ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Program. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 18, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:28 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Democrats to unveil Biden's US immigration reform bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 09:09 PM

US President Joe Biden's immigration bill, which aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, will be unveiled Thursday to begin its legislative process, senior White House officials said. Read more »

‘Buhay sa Gulay’

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 05:03 PM

Residents harvest vegetables grown in New Greenland in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City on Thursday. The ‘Buhay sa Gulay’ project, a 7-hectare urban gardening project implemented by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the local government of Quezon City, aims to help residents of Bagong Silangan cope with the ill-effects of COVID-19 and combat hunger and poverty in the area by providing them a source of income.  Read more »