PRRD to ask BIR why it failed to collect estate taxes
President Rodrigo Duterte MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would ask the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to explain why it allegedly failed to collect estate taxes, but did not name anyone in particular. In a prerecorded Talk to the People, Duterte was discussing "e-sabong" or online cockfighting when he shifted to collection of estate taxes. "Hindi naman kailangan ng reminder sa Malacanan. Nandiyan 'yung BIR, so tanungin natin 'yang BIR bakit hanggang ngayon hindi nakolekta 'yung estate tax (Malacanang does not need a reminder. The BIR is there so...