FARINAS CAMP. Former Laoag mayor Roger Farinas (middle) and sons Raffy and Roger John hold a press conference on Wednesday (April 27, 2022) to present their side on the scuffle with a rival camp. Laoag City is being considered an election area of concern due to reported harassment of rival candidates. (Photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Former Laoag City mayor Roger Farinas said Tuesday's scuffle between their party and their rival's stemmed from his attempt to expose alleged vote buying by the latter camp. In a press conference at the Java Hotel on Wednesday, Farinas denied barging into the Megapolitan Builders, a private property owned by neophyte Laoag council candidate Bryan Alcid, during an event on Tuesday. Videos earlier circulated showing Roger's son, Raffy, hitting Alcid's wife Jojami during the commotion. The Alcids claimed two others were hurt in the incident, alleging Farinas suddenly barged into their property and tried "grabbing" document
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Not a whimper of opposition was heard when the chamber conducted viva voce vote for the second reading consideration of House Bill 8259 that will give the COVID 19 pandemic heroes 25 percent reduction in taxes on their annual earnings.
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda, principal author of the bill and chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, said it is the intention of the bill to “express government’s appreciation for the exemplary service of medical frontliners.”
“In general, the Committee on Ways and Means has taken with serious effort its responsibility to raise revenues for the national government. To express the government’s appreciation for the exemplary service of medical frontliners, we are making a very special exception to this rule,” Salceda explained.
The bill granting the country’s 270,000 medical frontliners 25 percent discount on their income taxes marched closer to plenary approval after gaining the support of the House Committee on Rules.