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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
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President to sign new tax exemption law |
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Measure exempts minimum wage earners from paying
income tax, gives higher exemptions to employees
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President Gloria Arroyo will sign into law
Tuesday the measure that will exempt minimum wage earners from
paying income taxes, and increase the personal exemptions for
employees.
The tax exemptions would translate into an
additional take-home pay of P750 a month for minimum wage earners,
according to Sen. Mar Roxas, the principal author of the measure.
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NCR wage increase takes effect June 14
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The Department of Labor and Employment today said that the new wage
hike for minimum wage workers in the private sector in the National
Capital Region (NCR) took effect Saturday, June 14, 2008.
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MMDA to elevate case to High Court
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The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Monday that they
would elevate a recent Court of Appeals decision, which declared two
of the agency’s traffic programs void, to the Supreme Court.
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Six suspected criminals slain in QC
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An active policeman and five other suspected members of a criminal
gang have been killed in a firefight with police in Quezon City, an
official said Monday.
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Telecom firms may be undertaxed
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Telecommunication companies in the country are “undertaxed” and
the government should find a way for it to tax them properly, an
official of the National Telecommunication Commission disclosed on
Monday.
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Public teachers can now
work six hours in classroom
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HAVING less will now mean more for the teaching profession in public
schools, as Education Secretary Jesli Lapus finally signed the
implementing guidelines allowing teachers to render six hours of
actual classroom teaching instead of the usual eight hours—a rule
stated in the teachers’ Magna Carta for the last 42 years.
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Justice to look into human
smuggling at airports
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The increasing cases of human smuggling in the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA) and other major airports will be
investigated by the Department of Justice starting on Wednesday.
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