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May 8, 2016

Tobacco farmers yet to feel benefits of excise tax shares

  Second of two parts (See Part 1: Like Arroyo, Aquino gov’t releases billions to LGUs before elections) ALCALA, Pangasinan — At the end of the newly opened section of the Tarlac-Pangasinan La Union Expressway, the one that exits at Rosales town, is a huge monstrosity of a structure, appearing empty and abandoned. It is supposed

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Tobacco farmers yet to feel benefits of excise tax shares
May 8, 2016

Like Arroyo, Aquino gov’t releases billions to LGUs before elections

First of two parts THE Aquino government has distributed some P10 billion pesos to select local government units mostly in Northern Luzon on the eve of the 2016 elections, repeating a practice employed by the Arroyo administration which President Aquino has repeatedly called a corrupt government. The funds represent the LGUs’ share from excise taxes

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Like Arroyo, Aquino gov’t releases billions to LGUs before elections