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(Eagle News) – Senator Francis Tolentino filed a bill which will declare the “existence of a national emergency” due to the traffic and congestion crisis in various metropolitan centers in the country. Senate Bill 213 also seeks to grant emergency powers for two years to the President to address this traffic crisis. “This bill proposes to declare the existence of a national emergency in view of the traffic and congestion crisis in Metropolitan Manila, Metropolitan […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – The Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing for the implementation of its proposed restructuring of the excise tax on automobiles not only to partly ensure the financial sustainability of the government’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda on inclusive growth, but also to help deal with the worsening traffic crisis in Metro Manila and other highly congested urban centers. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that under the DOF timetable, the implementation of the automobile tax […]
