Malacañang will return to the drawing board and craft new strategies to mitigate the impact of rising prices of oil products on the transportation sector and the public amid complaints that the R1 diesel discount is no longer enough.
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Yesterday was the hottest day in the country this year.
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The lawyers of former President Joseph Estrada presented yesterday another scholar of the Erap Muslim Youth Foundation, Inc. (EMYF) as its 26th witness at the former President’s ongoing plunder and perjury trial in the Sandiganbayan.
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Members of the House of Representatives yesterday said that the position by the 11 University of the Philippines (UP) economic experts that the value added tax (VAT) hike bill is the economy’s final hope should open the eyes of the senators to pass the measure.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) yesterday warned the Arroyo government of a social backlash over its insistence to push ahead with the increase in the valueadded tax from 10 to 12 percent despite its burdensome effects on the common people who are already reeling from economic hardship.
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