The President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Benigno S. Aquino III has issued an executive order (EO) imposing a 10-percent across-the-board increase in the compensation pension of employees in the public sector. Pres. Aquino signed EO No. 188 on September 11, 2015 but the complete details were released to the media on Thursday. … Read more
The President of the Republic of the Philippines, Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III thumbed down proposals seeking to lower the income tax of fixed-income earners, saying there is no government surplus for the tax relief of ordinary or fixed-income earners in the Philippines. According to President Aquino yesterday there is no government surplus for such … Read more
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas confirmed to the media that he is leaving the Cabinet of President Aquino soon and noted that he already recommended some names to the President as his replacement. In an interview with dzMM, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas was quoted as saying “Magsisimula na po ang aking … Read more
Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, 2015 in front of his “bosses,” the Filipino people. The SONA 2015 was delivered in front of the members of the House of Representative and the Philippine Senate and was aired live on various TV … Read more