Press Release

Salceda thanks PBBM for signing PPP Code; TWG Chair says measure is Marcos pet priority since Senate days

House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) thanked President Marcos for signing today the Public-Private Partnership or PPP Code, the draft of which was written by a technical working group Salceda chaired. “The PPP code moves is towards a rules-based, transparent, and efficient PPP framework that will help cover the P23 […]

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Statement on November 2023 inflation

Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda The November inflation report suggests that the year will end with a 6.0 percent annual inflation rate, as I expect the December rate to be at 3.7 to 4.0 percent, barring any shocks to supply. The good news is that almost all major food commodities have returned to single-digit inflation levels, […]

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Statement on DENR decision to allow resumption of Pasay City reclamation projects

Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda I enthusiastically welcome the government’s decision to give clearance to the resumption of the Pasay City-led reclamation projects known as Pasay 265, with Pasay Harbor Corporation and Pasay 360, with SM Smart City Infrastructure and Development Corporation. We are thankful that President Marcos saw the work of the Committee on Ways […]

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Salceda wants BIR licenses, product specifications of e-cig brand FLAVA checked; Gov’t could slap P7.3 billion in fines if brand proven to be evading excise taxes

House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) has instructed the Bureau of Internal Revenue to verify the licenses and product specifications of e-cigarette brand FLAVA, following today’s hearing on some 1.4 million stocks of 10 mL cartridges with lacking documentation, which were apprehended by the Bureau of Customs and suspected of […]

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