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DOJ taps PAO to aid Dengvaxia victims

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II ordered the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) to provide free legal assistance to the victims that will file possible criminal charges against those involved in...

2 dead due to Dengvaxia vaccine: PAO

MANILA -- The Public Attorneys Office (PAO) on Tuesday confirmed that there were two victims who died due to Dengvaxia, the world's first-ever dengue vaccine which was found to cause health...

House pushes regulation of food technology in PH

MANILA -- The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a measure seeking to regulate the practice of food technology in the Philippines. With 189 affirmative votes, the Lower House...

TRAIN to reduce income tax burden of Filipinos

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. on Tuesday, December 19, assured that the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) package will reduce the burden of Filipinos from paying income taxes. “(I)t will...

AFP to deploy engineering units to help in ‘Urduja’-hit areas

MANILA -- The military will deploy its engineering units to assist in relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas hit by tropical depression ‘Urduja’. Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made this assurance...

TRAIN is biggest income transfer mechanism for poor Pinoys: Salceda

MANILA -- Lowered personal income tax (PIT) and higher take home pay for 99 percent of the country’s 7.5 million individual taxpayers is the leading achievement of the approved Tax Reform for...

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