(Eagle News) — Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Thursday maintained the House resolution seeking for the convening of Congress into a constitutional assembly to amend the Charter was not railroaded. In making the statement, Fariñas effectively belied claims made by militant groups such as Gabriela and Bayan Muna about House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) No. 9. “It is a product of democratic and exhaustive debates not just in the plenary hall of the House of Representatives, in the […]
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Congress ratifies tax reform bill
But militant solons allege TRAIN “railroading” in House of Representatives (Eagle News) — Congress on Wednesday night ratified the final version of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion bill, a priority measure of the Duterte administration. In the Senate, the bicameral conference report on the proposed tax reform was adopted with a vote of 16-4. Senators Sonny Angara, Franklin Drilon, Nancy Binay, Francis Escudero, JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Gringo Honasan, Loren Legarda, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, […]





