@AkbayanParty Akbayan Partylist salot sa lipunan kalaban ng bayan iwasan ang kaalyado ng NPA Terrorist yan ang Akbayan Terrorist recruiter ng terorista
The reason Kakampinks hate Guanzon now is not because she's changed, but because they did.
Guanzon is consistent since the start: she's always been anti-Marcos. But Kakampinks? They've turned from yelling #NeverAgain to #NeverAgainst Marcos. Even Risa's family works for BBM now.
@terryridon Hirap talaga kapag basura ang utak ano @terryridon gaya ng utak mo basura yan lang ba ang abot ng isip mo? o baka wala ka ng isip kaya di ka na makapag isip kung ano ang tama sa mali? Sabagay utak mo nga pala ay basura kaya di ka talaga magkakaroon ng tamang isip hays
Finance Secretary Rectoโs VAT Warning Rings Hollow Amid Budget Failures and Public Betrayal
Give the Filipino People a Break
By Dr. Tony Leachon
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto now warns that lowering the value-added tax (VAT) from 12% to 10% could lead to a โฑ300 billion revenue loss and a possible credit rating downgrade. But this alarm, delivered during a Senate budget hearing, is not a defense of fiscal prudenceโit is a deflection from deeper failures.
Recto speaks of debt, but forgets the damage already done.
He defunded PhilHealth, transferring โฑ60 billion away from Universal Health Careโa move so egregious that President Marcos himself had to reverse it. In 2025, PhilHealth receives zero subsidy, leaving millions of Filipinos exposed and betrayed. This is not fiscal discipline. This is abandonment.
He now positions himself as โMr. VAT,โ defending a regressive tax system that penalizes the poor. Compared to other ASEAN countries, the Philippines has one of the highest VAT rates at 12%, alongside Indonesia. Most of our neighbors maintain lower rates:
Country VAT Rate (%)
Philippines ๐ต๐ญ 12%
Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ 12%
Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ 10%
Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ 10%
Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆ 10%
Thailand ๐น๐ญ 7%
Malaysia. (๐ฒ๐พ SST) 6%
Singapore. ๐ธ๐ฌ 9%
Myanmar ๐ฒ๐ฒ 5%
Brunei ๐ง๐ณ.0%
Despite this high rate, the Philippines delivers some of the weakest social safety nets in the region. The poor pay more, while the corrupt benefit from ghost projects and bloated budgets.
Recto also failed to advise or intervene when the executive branch unleashed the flood control budget boosterโa monster problem that diverted funds from health and education into substandard infrastructure. He cannot claim innocence. He was there. He enabled it.
To now warn of debt is to ignore the debt of trust already incurred.
The Filipino people are not asking for miracles. They are asking for fairness. For accountability. For leaders who do not weaponize numbers to justify neglect.
Rectoโs warnings come too late, and too safely. He speaks of credit ratings while the people speak of hunger, illness, and betrayal.
Let this be a callโnot for more taxation, but for real reform.
Not for more warnings, but for courageous leadership.
Not for more excuses, but for justice.
Give the Filipino people a break. Theyโve paid enough.
#RelentlessForChange
Tony Leachon
@KabataanPL Bobita ka Renee Co mag aral ka muna ulit para alam mo kung ano ang meaning ng CONFIDENTIAL at alamin mo sa GEOGRAPHY kung saan ang Davao City nakapwesto nasa South yun wala East naturingang abogado bobo naman pala
Halatang Halata na ang Amo nya ang Utak sa Nakawan.
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DILG SEC. REMULLA, GINAWANG โSECURITY GUARDโ NINA ROMUALDEZ AT CO?
Lumabas mismo ng Forbes Park si DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla at personal na pinangunahan ang security briefing ngayong gabi โ isang hakbang na marami ang nakikitang tila labis na โpagsisilbiโ sa mga makapangyarihan.
Itoโy ilang oras bago ang nakatakdang kilos-protesta na pangungunahan ni Kiko Barzaga sa labas ng tarangkahan ng eksklusibong subdivision, kung saan nakatirik ang mansyon nina Zaldy Co at Martin Romualdez.
Mabilis na kumalat online ang komento ng mga netizen matapos makita si Remulla sa lugar, kung saan anila ay โparang ginawang personal na security guard ang DILG Secretary.โ
I urge the local government of Cebu to declare Rep. Leila de Lima persona non grata for downplaying the severity of the recent earthquake that struck the province.๐
@mr_90two10 ke totoo o hindi ang post eh ang tanong? talaga lang ha? eh kasama nga siya dun sa small committee ni Zaldy Co kaya dapat pati siya dapat ding managot! tang inang tibay naman ng mukha ni Stella Quimbo kung magsasalita siya nga ganyan ngayon? Baka nakalimutan niya ang history niya
@teddycasino Ay weh? Di nga? So sino? Aquino? Ulol! IKAW AT YUNG TERORISTANG GRUPO MO ang salot dito sa bansa namin kayo ang dahilan kung bakit may mga buwayang pakalat kalat sa kongreso at nangungurakot ngayon dahil hinihingian ninyo ng revolutionary tax ninyo KUPAL!
@RichImperial pilit na ididikdik sa mga Duterte ang lahat huwag lang umanggo ang pangalan ng mga depunggal na Martin at Zaldy ganyan kakupal ang MAKABAYAD AT ANAKBAYAD TERORISTANG PARTYLIST pati itong mga de pisting mga kaalyado ni bongbong