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    Leviste: Lowering VAT to 10% should be top tax bill for 20th Congress

    Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste has filed House Bill No. 4302 to lower the Value-Added Tax (VAT) to 10% and moved today that this be at the top of the agenda of the Ways and Means Committee for the 20th Congress. Leviste made the motion during a Ways and Means Committee hearing with the Department of Finance (DOF) on priority tax measures.

    Garbin exposes Tiangco’s P529-M budget insertions cornered by notorious contractors in ghost, substandard flood-control projects

    Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin on Friday turned the tables on Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco, exposing that the lawmaker himself has more than half a billion pesos in budget insertions for 2025 that went to projects cornered by two firms now under investigation for ghost flood-control undertakings.

    Japan, Philippines celebrate 60 years of volunteer diplomacy

    The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines Office, hosted a commemorative event at the Ambassador’s residence to mark the 60th anniversary of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV). The celebration highlighted the enduring friendship between Japan and the Philippines, grounded in shared development goals and deepening people-to-people ties through volunteerism.

    DPWH officials ordered to resign in massive clean-up drive

    Newly appointed Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered all Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials—from undersecretaries to district engineers—to submit courtesy resignations, following a directive from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. aimed at cleaning up the agency amid reports of corruption and ghost projects.

    Leon Gallery to auction rare Rolex linked to Marcos-era group

    On September 13, coinciding with the 68th birthday of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Leon Gallery in Makati City will stage its much-anticipated “Magnificent...

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