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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, lauded the announcement of PhilHealth to abolish its controversial Single Period of Confinement policy. The senator described the move as a "significant victory" for Filipinos, particularly those most affected by the policy's limitations.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for allowing me to speak.
Senator Win Gatchalian said the enactment of the value-added tax (VAT) imposition of digital services levels the playing field amid growing Filipino preference for digital services.
Sen. Grace Poe has filed a bill seeking the grant of franchise to Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. to allow it to provide internet services, specially in far-flung communities.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed into law a measure that taxes foreign digital services, which includes overseas-based e-commerce firms and popular streaming platforms such as Netflix, HBO and Disney.
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Sultan Kudarat has provided more than P500,000 worth of support initiatives to the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) of the Lay Minister Farmers Consumers Cooperative (LAMFACCO) in Barangay Poblacion, Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat.
8990 Holdings [HOUSE 8.74, down 6.0%; 180% avgVol] [link] disclosed that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Quezon City local government (QCLGU) to provide 2,699 “housing units” to QCLGU employees and “informal settler families” from HOUSE’s four-tower Urban Deca Homes Commonwealth project. The 2,699 units represent the entire inventory of the project. According to sources, the units in the first tower will be turned over to QCLGU later this year, with full turnover of the remaining three towers to be completed by 2027. This is the first time HOUSE has signed an agreement like this with an LGU. No information was provided about the price of the units or how the payments from QCLGU to HOUSE would be structured. HOUSE shares sank 6% on the news.
MANILA, Philippines — Biophilic Design is becoming a trend in designing homes nowadays.