Government

FAKE NEWS, GUNS, RICE, LIES

Wednesday’s Senate Public Information Committee hearing on fake news was a revelation:  Our senators do not have adequate understanding of what is freedom of speech and freedom of expression. These rights are enshrined in Section […]

Special Report

DUTERTE AND PAL

This week, officials of Philippine Airlines meet with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to work out a compromise agreement on some P6.63 billion in allegedly unpaid navigational charges CAAP sent the bill […]

Special Report

SHOCK AND AWE WITH TAXES

At the MOPC Finance Forum last Thursday (Sept. 21), Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez defined the three major goals of the Rodrigo Roa Duterte government – reduce poverty, reduce corruption, and reduce illegal drugs. “At the […]

Special Report

WHAT THE SENATE WANTS YOU TO PAY AS TAXES BEGINNING 2018

INCOME TAX  Compensation income earners: Reduced the income tax rates of almost all or 99% of the 7.5 million individual income taxpayers. Exempted the first P150,000 annual taxable income, and retained the P82,000 tax exemption […]

Spotlight

PRESIDENT DUTERTE

According to the late Ramon Magsaysay (who was president from Dec. 30, 1953 to March 17, 1957), “the President should set the example of a big heart, an honest mind, sound instincts, the virtue of […]