President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, before some 1,300 people at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, marking the first time in two years a full in-person SONA was held by the Congress.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and
READY TO HELP. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcome President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the podium of the House of Representatives' plenary hall during the President's first State of the Nation Address on Monday (July 25, 2022). Romualdez said the lower chamber fully supports Marcos' entire legislative agenda, as he vowed to act on these measures "with dispatch". (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) #PBBMSONA2022 MANILA Lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Monday expressed readiness to help President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in pushing for the passage of his priority legislative measures. Newly-elected Speaker Martin Romualdez said the lower chamber fully supports Marcos' entire legislative agenda, as he vowed to act on these measures "with dispatch". "We, in the House of Representatives, expect to buckle down to work the soonest time possible in order to make President Marcos' vision of a better nation a
THE call by foreign and domestic business groups to pass the proposed “Ease of Paying Taxes” bill has received “strong” backing from House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Joey Sarte Salceda. In a statement, Salceda said the passage of the measure will enable incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno…
Incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno (File photo) MANILA - The Ease of Paying Taxes (EOPT) bill will enable incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno pursue his digitalization and modernization priorities for the tax agencies, a House leader said on Monday. In a statement, House Ways and Means Committee chair Joey Salceda said the EOPT is aligned with Diokno's priority of digitalization of the taxpaying process, as it proposes to delete various provisions in the Tax Code that require taxes to be paid in the Bureau of Internal Revenue offices or banks within the jurisdiction of the taxpayer's legal residence, principal place of business or principal office, thereby giving taxpayers payment flexibility. "The EOPT has provisions that will remove the legal barriers to digitalizing every stage of the tax process. That very closely aligns with Secretary Diokno's agenda for the BIR and BOC," he said. He said the measure will help Diokno modernize the "labyrin
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