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(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Jan. 4, said he wants the road user’s tax collected by the Road Board to be used for the rehabilitation of areas hit by “Usman” in Bicol. The President made the announcement in a briefing with Cabinet officials in Camarines Sur. “We will work together, convince Congress…wala naman silang magawa diyan (dahil) ayaw ko talaga e…Unahin na muna ang Bicol,” he said. At least 122 people were killed after […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Dec. 21, said he wanted the Road Board abolished, putting an end to debates about what he believed the Road Board’s fate should be. “I have always been wary about this office because it has been the milking cow of people who are in government,” he said of the office tasked to determine where the motor vehicle users’ charges go. The MVUC is paid by motorists upon registration of […]
(Eagle News)–For Senator Grace Poe, the Road Board should first be “made to account for the billions of funds it utilized” from the motor vehicle users’ charge before it is abolished. “Ours is a government of accountability. And the car owners who contributed to the MVUC should be given their due course,” she said. According to Poe, the National Treasury should also “be apprised of the total funds that would be transmitted to them.” She […]
