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July 30, 2021
Drilon urges Duterte to certify bill correcting BIR definition of private educ institutions The senator thanks BIR for heeding calls to suspend tax hike on private schools
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon urged the President to certify as urgent a pending bill in Congress that will clarify the taxability of proprietary educational institutions even as he lauds the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for heeding his call to immediately repeal or suspend the implementation of the erroneous Bureau of Internal Revenue Regulation 5-2021 raising to 25-percent the income tax of private education institutions. I call on the President to certify as urgent Senate Bill 2272 and its counterpart measure in the House of Representatives which seeks to clarify that the qualifier non-profit under Section 27(B) of the National Revenue Code only applies to hospitals and not to proprietary educational institutions, Drilon said. The BIR issued Revenue Regulations (
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Drilon seeks Senate commendation for Philippine s first Olympic gold medalist Diaz
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon filed Senate Resolution No. 799 congratulating and commending Hidilyn Diaz for bringing honor and glory to the country as the First Filipino Olympic Gold Medalist. Diaz has brought joy, honor and pride to the country and has lifted the hopes of an entire nation amid the uncertainties and challenges that we face today, Drilon said.
On Monday, Hidilyn Diaz won the gold medal in the women s 55-kilogram weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics. The Zamboanga-born athlete lifted a record-setting combined weight of 224kg.
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Drilon files reso to commemorate Phl victory at the Hague
A legacy of the late PNoy, the Hague ruling is a reminder of Filipinos courage, Drilon adds
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon filed a resolution commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Philippine s historic legal victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague which ruled in favor of the Philippines days after the term of the late President Simeon Benigno Aquino III ended in 2016. The Philippines victory at the Hague should be a lasting reminder that the Filipino is never cowed or daunted, that false promises of economic largesse and military might will not serve to defeat what is right, and that our claims should be valiantly and relentlessly fought for, to ensure that future generations can benefit from the bounty of what is legally ours, said Drilon in filing Senate Resolution 769.
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