House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district), in a statement today, urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to intensify its enforcement measures against the shuttered electronic cigarette brand “Flava,” in light of the recent closure order issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). “The BIR should have done […]
Read MoreThe Joint Committees on Senior Citizens, Disability Affairs, and Ways and Means approved three substitute bills to House Bills No. 10061, 10062, and 10063, expanding senior citizens and persons with disability benefits during their final joint hearing on the subject today. The joint hearings were conducted at the instruction of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on […]
Read More19 March 2024 The Senate version is completely fine with me. I recommended to Chairman Valmayor and the House leadership that we concur with the Senate version. It’s a good version – and we interpose no further objections. At the very start of the legislative discussions on the measure, we already consulted with the Office […]
Read MoreHouse Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) praised utility company MERALCO’s effort to make applying for the seniors’ or persons-with-disability discounts on electricity bills easier. The initiative follows a request from Salceda, author of House Bill No. 9793, which extends MERALCO’s franchise by another 25 years. “I laud MERALCO’s effort to […]
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