by magnolia_eic | Jul 27, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG urged the people to support the intensified drive of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to generate more government funds that will be used for developmental projects and eventually bring real progress and development to the country.
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. encouraged the Filipino citizenry, especially those in the professional sector, to declare their actual annual income and pay their taxes properly as enunciated by President Benigno S. Aquino III in his State of the Nation Address during the Joint Session of the 15th Congress at the Batasan Pambansa Complex in Quezon City on Monday.
The Executive Secretary stressed the importance of the people’s trust in government as he assured that the funds collected by the government’s revenue collection agency will directly go into the national treasury. According to the BIR, 1.7 million self-employed and professional taxpayers comprised of lawyers, doctors and businessmen, among other, paid a total of 9.8 billion pesos in 2010.
The data indicates that each of them paid only an average of 5,783 pesos in income taxes – if proven true – each must have earned only 8,500 pesos per month, which is below the existing minimum wage in the country.
The President also spelled out the concrete projects of his administration using public funds collected by the BIR. According to the President, cheating in the payment of taxes not only affects the government funds collection but also the Filipino people who could have enjoyed from the benefits these taxes would have provided. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 27, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 26 (PIA) – NAGPABILIN’G “good” o maayo ang net satisfaction rating sa administrasyong Aquino sa pinaka-ulahing survey nga gihimo sa Social Weather Stations (SWS). Sa SWS survey nga gihimo gikan Hunyo 3 hangtud 6, nakakuha og 62% sa mga respondents ang satisfied ug 17% ang dissatisfied nga naghatag sa performance rating sa administrasyon og net score nga +45%.
Ang resulta sa survey sa bulan sa Hunyo ni ubos og usa ka ponto gikan sa bulan sa Marso og mas ubos sa record nga “very good” +64% nga nakuha niadtong bulan sa Setyembre ug Nobyembre sa miaging tuig. Bisan pa niini, ang SWS nagkanayon nga ang pinaka-ulahing rating sa administrasyong Aquino mas taas kun itandi sa tanang rating nga natala sukad sa tuig 1986.
Base sa resulta sa maong survey, ang mga respondents natagbaw sa gibuhat sa administrasyong Aquino sa 17 ka isyu nga adunay record high sa pagtabang sa kagamhanan sa mga Filipino migrant workers ug paggukod sa mga tax evaders. Samtang nakahuha og failing mark apan mas taas pa hinuon sa grado niadtong bulan sa Marso ang resolution of the Maguindanao massacre.
Ang pagpagawas sa resulta niining maong survey natunong usab sa ikaduhang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Presidente Aquino. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 27, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 26 (PIA) – GITUDLO ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III si kanhi Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales isip bag-ong Ombudsman. Gi-anunsyo kini sa Presidente sa iyang State of the Nation Address (SONA) gahapon.
Matud pa sa Presidente nga nagtuo siyang aduna nay tanod-bayan ang kagamhanan nga wala’y gidapigan. Naglaum usab ang Presidente nga sa pagkatudlo kang Morales, mapasakaan na og kaso ang tanang nagkasinabot sa pagpangurakot.
Sa iyang bahin, giseguro ni Morales nga wala siya’y planong puntiryahon si kanhi presidente ug karon Pampanga Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo aron lamang makabalos.
Matud pa sa bag-ong Ombudsman nga himuon niyang patas ug mosunod gayud siya sa due process sa pagpasaka og kaso. Si Morales ang mihulip sa niluwat sa pangatungdanan nga si kanhi Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 21, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG welcomed China’s recent position supporting the creation of a legally binding guideline that sets the conduct of all the claimant countries in the disputed West Philippine Sea. “We welcome the development. That’s a step forward. As we always say, we need a rules-based
regime in governing our relations there in those disputed areas. So certainly it’s a welcome development for us,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Thursday.
It was reported that a senior Chinese diplomat said his country had agreed to draft guidelines for behavior in the disputed region with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after a meeting of the Asian security officials in Bali, Indonesia.
China has long resisted previous calls for a legally binding code of conduct that would settle disputes in the West Philippine Sea and solving the problems through peaceful means.
What is currently in place is the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea but the declaration is not a legally binding one. It was signed on November 4, 2002 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by the member states of ASEAN and China and was aimed at promoting peaceful, friendly and harmonious environment in the West Philippine Sea.
It also aims to ensure peace, stability, economic growth and prosperity in the region. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 21, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG released a book containing President Benigno S. Aquino III’s top legislative measures that will serve as a template of his administration for the country’s march towards progress and development.
The publication entitled “Priority Legislative Measures of the President” volume 1 (July 2010 to June 2011), was adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate as their common legislative agenda for the Fifteenth Congress during the 111th Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting.
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) and the Bureau of Communications Services (BCS) collaborated with Congress and the different agencies to come up with the publication. The book aimed at informing the private sector, academe, local government units and various stakeholders about what the administration has been doing with regards to policy measures as well as its vision in the next five years in office.
“The goal is to inform, empower and involve the people in crafting landmark legislative measures that will be vital to support the country’s development and progress,” PCOO Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma said. It provides a short analysis of how the bills ar e related to the 16-point agenda in the social contract and the Philippine Development Plan of 2011 to 2016, he added.
A year after President Aquino assumed office, he has not forgotten his promises to the people—that he will institute a feedback mechanism that will allow Filipinos from the grassroots level to raise their concerns about the government. (PCOO)
