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No Filipinos hurt in Turkey train crash: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 09:25 PM

No Filipino was hurt after a high-speed train crashed and left nine people dead in Turkey's capital on Thursday, the DFA said. Read more »

LOOK: Makati subway breaks ground, scale model unveiled

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 07:47 PM

The 10-station train system spans 10 kilometers with stops in key points around Makati. Read more »

Duterte: Don’t be so sad about being taxed

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 10:35 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the public should not be “so sad about being taxed,” after he gave the green light for the second tranche of the fuel excise tax hike in 2019. Read more »

Senators urge Duterte to postpone second fuel tax hike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 10:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should reconsider the implementation of the second round of tax hikes on fuel, senators urged Wednesday, a day after the chief executive supposedly approved the recommendation of his economic team. Read more »

Diokno backs round two of fuel excise tax set for 2019

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 11:07 PM

The TRAIN law scheduled excise tax increases every year for 3 years starting Jan. 1, 2018.  Read more »

Budget chief, dinepensahan ang dagdag-buwis sa langis sa Enero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 07:37 PM

Walang nakikitang dahilan si Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno para suspendehin pa ang dagdag-buwis sa langis, na nakatakda sa Enero 2019. Read more »

Palengke protest against fuel excise tax

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 05:23 PM

Vendors stage a “palengke protest” in a small market along Agham Road in Quezon City on Wednesday, after government announced it had approved the second tranche of a fuel excise tax in 2019. Read more »

Dagdag-buwis sa langis, tuloy na sa Enero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 09:04 PM

Tuloy na ang pagpataw ng dagdag na buwis sa langis sa Enero 2019 matapos aprubahan ngayong Martes ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang rekomendasyon para rito.  Read more »

Duterte OKs fuel excise tax hike

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 11:06 PM

MANILA - The fuel excise tax increase in 2019 will proceed after getting the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Tuesday. Read more »

Poe slams Dalian 'incompetence': Only 1 train running in 4 years

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 11:40 AM

Only one Dalian Corp-made train has been operational 4 years since it was supposed to be delivered to the country, Senator Grace Poe lamented on Tuesday. Read more »

PNR Malabon extension umarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 09:04 AM

Nagbukas na ang panibagong extension ng Philippine National Railways sa Malabon.  Read more »

PNR launches Malabon-Taguig train service

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 08:30 PM

The service, which runs from Gov. Pascual to FTI, will have a P25 fare for airconditioned coaches and P20 for non-airconditioned trains. Travel is estimated to take 58 minutes. Read more »

Ilang tsuper, nangangamba na muling tataas ang presyo ng petrolyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 03:05 AM

Nangangamba ang ilang jeepney drivers na muling tumaas ang presyo ng petrolyo at maging pangunahing bilihin oras matuloy ang pagpapatupad ng mas mataas na excise tax sa langis sa susunod na taon. Read more »

LOOK: LRT's 'Christmas train' unveiled

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 12:14 AM

Passengers of the LRT-1 can feel the holiday spirit in their commute when they step into a Christmas-themed version of the train this December. Read more »

Bawas-pasahe sa jeep, pagpigil sa dagdag-buwis sa langis, hirit ng grupo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:20 PM

Nanawagan ang isang commuter group na ibalik na sa P8 minimum fare ang pasahe sa jeep at ipigil ang pangalawang tranche ng fuel excise tax, kasunod ng pasya ng Budget department na ituloy ito sa Enero 2019. Read more »

Palace: Wait for Duterte’s decision on fuel tax hike

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 04:41 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday said the recommendation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team to proceed with the second round of fuel excise tax increase in January is not yet final until the Cabinet approves it.   Read more »

Consumer group urges Duterte to scrap fuel excise tax

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 12:09 PM

With the existing 12-percent VAT and the decrease in world crude prices, there is "no need" to implement the second and third tranches of the excise tax on fuel, United Filipino Consumers and Commuters President Rj Javellana said. Read more »

BIR 'deletes' tax on health card premiums amid flak

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 10:44 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue has taken back its controversial statement that health card premiums can be taxed. Read more »

Dagdag-buwis sa langis sa Enero, nakaamba

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 07:42 PM

Inanunsiyo ngayong Huwebes ni Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez ang kanilang rekomendasyon na ituloy na ang pagpataw ng dagdag-buwis sa produktong petrolyo sa Enero ng susunod na taon. Read more »

Economic team to Duterte: Second round of fuel tax hikes must proceed

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 04:41 PM

It will be "unnecessary" to suspend the increase, with world oil prices falling, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez told reporters. The recommendation will be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday next week, he said. Read more »