Tag: ASEAN
Academe urged to take part in building ASEAN community
April 11, 2014, 6:29 p.m. - THE TOP Filipino official in the Jakarta headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday urged the academe to contribute to the development of the "ASEAN Community" by helping raise awareness among students and faculty.
This will help ensure peace and prosperity within the region, said Alicia Bala, deputy secretary general of ASEAN for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, during the 23rd St. Antoninus of Florence Professorial Lecture at the Benavides Auditorium.
How come Pinoys are paying higher income tax?
ARE FILIPINO taxpayers burdened with an “inequitable” and “outdated” tax system?
The answer is yes, as far as Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara is concerned.
“The country’s current tax system is terribly outdated and inequitable. Since (the enactment of the current Tax Code in 1997), prices have increased, and the cost of living has roughly doubled,” he said in an email to the Varsitarian. Angara chairs the Senate Ways and Means Committee, which is the tax-writing committee of the upper house.
