ADVOCATES for the people’s initiative (PI) have successfully gathered signatures from 12.1 percent of voters, surpassing the required threshold for a direct constitutional amendment, House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Joey Sarte Salceda claimed on Wednesday. A day after all 24 senators endorsed a manifesto rejecting the ongoing alleged…
THE two chambers of Congress appeared headed for a legal battle on Tuesday after all 24 senators signed a manifesto rejecting People’s Initiative as a way to push for Charter change, which Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri described as an effort to destabilize the bicameralism of the Senate and House of…
An economist-lawmaker on Monday asserted that Charter change might hold the key to addressing some of the most urgent national issues, as it will open the tap for the “capital-thirsty” agriculture sector. House Committee on Ways and Means chairman Joey Sarte Salceda issued the statement after a recent OCTA survey…
IN a bid to stimulate economic growth and innovation, the House Committee on Ways and Means has finalized the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (Create More), which seeks to establish a 20-percent income tax rate for both domestic and foreign corporations under the enhanced deduction income…