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SAVE OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS
July 14, 2021CitizenWatch calls on the government, the business sector, and all other stakeholders to take a stand and join our fight to save our private educational institutions from imminent collapse due to the ongoing pandemic and the proposed implementation of a 150% income tax increase. Private education accounts for 9% enrollment in elementary, 22% in Secondary […]
A vital resource of modern reality
July 12, 2021If our current power problems are not solved soon, then the prospect of recovery and the road to a new prosperity looks dim.
Listen to and engage the private sector
July 5, 2021Innovativeness and nimbleness are natural traits of the business sector in contrast to the regulatory and bureaucratic government culture. The government must empower the private sector to do its thing which is to invest, create jobs, boost the economy, and spread prosperity. Learning from the lessons of the pandemic, we have an opportunity to build a much better world.
Repeal the Onerous Tax Provision on Private Schools
June 26, 2021The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) released last June 11 what many thought would be a rectification of BIR Revenue Regulation No. 5-2021 that imposes an onerous 150% percent increase in tax on private schools instead of the regular 10 percent. Instead, what was released was merely a clarification on corporate tax computation. Despite the […]
A Total Approach to Climate Change
June 22, 2021Everyone is at risk of becoming a victim of natural disasters. Many scientific studies have ranked the Philippines in the top 10 natural disaster-prone countries in the world. Despite this, the country is still largely reactive to the effects of climate change. We are hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and typhoons more often than most […]
Faster Vaccination Rollout: Critical to Economic Recovery
June 20, 2021In a senate hearing conducted last June 15, Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez bared the government’s P88.6 billion budget allocation for its COVID-19 vaccine procurement. According him, that would be enough to purchase 148 million doses in order to fully inoculate 70 million Filipinos or 100 percent of the country’s adult population, the fourth quarter target […]
Fostering Economic Advancement Without Jeopardizing National Security
June 14, 2021The Philippine senate has set to expedite deliberations on Senate Bill No. 2094 or the Amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA) which aims to amend the 85-year-old PSA by differentiating “public services” from “public utilities’’ and as a result, allow 100 percent foreign ownership of public services that are not considered natural monopolies. Such […]
Shield our critical infrastructure from foreign states
June 14, 2021We must shield our critical infrastructure from foreign state control.
On the Economic Hardship of Filipino Workers
June 13, 2021Latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the country’s unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent in April 2021 which translates to 4.14 million jobless Filipinos, a significant increase from the 7.1 percent in March. This alarming data was said to be brought about by the increase in lockdowns throughout the country with reported […]
Repeal BIR RR No. 5-2021
June 11, 2021During these trying times, with rising inflation and unemployment rate, we should be focusing on alleviating the economic hardships of the private education sector and not adding on to them by imposing heavier taxes.