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// December 4, 2017
DEC
04
2017

DOH must ‘inoculate’ PH from supply-driven vaccines

In the wake of dengue vaccine flop, Health officials should guarantee that Filipinos are now “inoculated” from supply-driven vaccines whose efficacy has not yet been established, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “If there’s one lesson to be learned from t
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DEC
04
2017

Senate shrinks ITR pages, cuts red tape, simplifies BIR procedures

The Senate version of the so-called TRAIN bill does not only cut income taxes but also the red tape in paying them, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. The Senate action, Recto said, is contained in several amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code which,
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DEC
04
2017

Reenacted budget fraught with landmines, makes Palace powerful

A reenacted budget arising from a House-Senate deadlock will result in a spending regime fraught with legal landmines, which will grant the executive branch wide discretion on how public money will be spent. This warning was aired by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto in
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