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Drilon questions seeming rush to release anti-communist agency’s funds May 4, 2021 | 9:07 pm SENATE PRIB SENATE Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon questioned the government’s speedy release of the anti-communism agency’s 2021 budget, noting that over half of its fund had already been released. In a statement, Mr. Drilon said the fund released to the National Task Force to End Local Communism and Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has already reached P10.68 billion as of April out of its P19-billion budget for 2021, citing data from the Budget department. The opposition senator cited in...

BusinessWorld May 5, 2021 | 12:34 am WWW.DOF.GOV.PH THE DEPARTMENT of Finance (DoF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) expressed support for the two-year extension of the estate tax amnesty, citing difficulties in implementation and below-target revenues amid the pandemic. Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said the DoF does not object to the extension of the estate tax amnesty, which is set to expire on June 15. “So we recognize that there have been difficulties in the implementation of the amnesty and the revenue that we expected has not been collected becaus...

COVID-19 infections at 1.1 million, with 17,525 deaths — DoH May 3, 2021 | 8:25 pm PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DoH) reported 7,255 coronavirus infections on Monday, bringing the total to more than 1.06 million. The death toll rose by 94 to 17,525, while recoveries increased by 9,214 to 975,234, it said in a bulletin. There were 69,466 active cases, 1.1% of which were critical, 94.7% were mild, 1.8% did not show symptoms, 1.4% were severe and 0.94% were moderate. The agency said 13 duplicates had been removed from the tally, nine of which were tagged as recov...

BusinessWorld May 3, 2021 | 8:26 pm PHILSTAR THE PHILIPPINES’ top envoy minced no words in telling the Chinese to get out of its waters in the South China Sea, cussing at its neighbor for failing to reciprocate its goodwill. “China, my friend, how politely can I put it?” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro M. Locsin, Jr. tweeted on Monday. “What are you doing to our friendship?” “We’re trying. You. You’re like an ugly oaf forcing your attention on a handsome guy who wants to be a friend; not to father a Chinese province,” he added. He made the remarks as the De...

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