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January 14, 2021 THE new decade has begun quite anticlimactically. 2020 already gave us a full preview of what is to come in 2021 – a world that will rigorously require everyone to discard all their preconceptions of it. Among the first of the most absurd beliefs that have been totally disrupted is that there is no need to be part of or at least to understand what digital transformation is. The importance of digitization of data and digitalization of processes has never been high...

Published January 9, 2021, 11:21 AM The  “power bloc” of the House of Representatives has sought the passage of a bill seeking to grant tax exemption on real property taxes imposed on machineries owned or controlled by non-stock non-profit distribution utilities. PHILRECA partylist Rep. Presley de Jesus, APEC partylist Rep. Sergio Dagooc, Ako Padayon partylist Rep. Adriano Ebcas, and RECOBODA partylist Rep. Godofredo Guya lamented that the real property tax (RPT) imposes a financial burden...

Sen. Francis Tolentino said Thursday that no law prohibits local government units (LGUs) from purchasing COVID-19 vaccines for their constituents.

TOLENTINO LAUDS MALACAÑANG DECISION TO ALLOW LGUS TO PROCURE COVID-19 VACCINES Senator Francis "Tol" N. Tolentino, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Local Government, today said that President Rodrigo Roa Dutertes decision to allow local government units (LGUs) to procure COVID-19 vaccines under a tripartite agreement among the LGUs, the national government, and pharmaceutical firms will ensure that all Filipinos, even those who are not among the priority list of the national government, ...

A group of exasperated fireworks and pyrotechnic sellers in Bocaue, Bulacan complained Monday that they are reeling from huge financial losses due to poor sales with the ban on the sale and use of their products in some local government units (LGUs).

Sen. Francis Tolentino (Albert Calvelo / Senate PRIB / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Before Congress adjourned for the holidays, Tolentino, chairman of the Senate local government committee, endorsed for plenary approval House Bill No. 6222, which seeks to divide the second legislative district of Rizal into three districts. Under the bill, the second district of Rizal will retain the municipalities of Cardona, Baras, Tanay, Morong, Jala-Jala, Pililia, and Teresa.  Meanwhile, the municipality...

Press Release Tolentino sponsors measures seeking Rizals redistricting, Calacas cityhood Senator Francis "Tol" N. Tolentino, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government, on Wednesday sponsored two measures seeking to reapportion the second legislative district of Rizal into three districts and to convert the municipality of Calaca, Batangas into a component city. In his sponsorship speech for Committee Report No. 152 on House Bill No. 6222 and taking into consideration Senate Bill No. 182...

Court of Tax Appeals (MANILA BULLETIN) The CTA en banc upheld the verdict of its First Division that dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by Mandaluyong City to require the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Corporation, a foreign company, to pay the tax. The petitioner together with the cities of Quezon, Makati and Pasay had signed an accord for the purpose of collecting the tax from MRT which they claimed a private entity and the operator of the elevated railway. The MRT constructed the railw...

SunStar File photo by Macky Lim + December 11, 2020 A DAVAO City councilor said it is high time that individuals who made a large impact on the citys progress be prioritized in the naming of important street landmarks. Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang said this during the privilege hour on Tuesday, December 7, during the 19th City Council regular session, as his remark to Councilor Pilar Bragas resolution to pass an ordinance renaming the Emilio Jacinto Extension Street (simply called...