+ Follow PHILIPPINE ELECTRONIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEDERATION Tag
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[Title] => Group bucks proposed 10% tax on cellphone firms
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Electronic and Telecommunications Federation (Petef) has branded
as "unconstitutional" a move by Congress to impose a 10 percent tax on cellular
phone operators to give the government at least P7 billion in additional income
annually.
Rodolfo Salalima, Petef president and Globe Telecom senior vice president for
legal and corporate affairs, said that the proposed measure violates equal
protection of law since only mobile phone companies are being singled out to
pay the tax.
"Telecommunications is considered a basic service just like fuel and water,
therefore,
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1199471
[AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 101260
[Title] => DOTC arm fast-tracking P53-B `Telepono sa Barangay' program
[Summary] =>
The Municipal Telephone Project Office (MTPO) is allegedly fast-tracking
negotiations for immediate implementation of the controversial P53-billion
"Telepono sa Barangay (TSB)" program despite merely a month left on its life
term.
A detailed "white paper" prepared by knowledgeable people from the Department
of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said that MTPO, one of its attached
agencies, is now entertaining telecom suppliers and signing contracts
reportedly upon the behest of certain foreign lending government institutions
which were left unidentified.
"The attempt
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-09 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1199471
[AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga
[SectionName] => Business
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PHILIPPINE ELECTRONIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEDERATION
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[ArticleID] => 100517
[Title] => Group bucks proposed 10% tax on cellphone firms
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Electronic and Telecommunications Federation (Petef) has branded
as "unconstitutional" a move by Congress to impose a 10 percent tax on cellular
phone operators to give the government at least P7 billion in additional income
annually.
Rodolfo Salalima, Petef president and Globe Telecom senior vice president for
legal and corporate affairs, said that the proposed measure violates equal
protection of law since only mobile phone companies are being singled out to
pay the tax.
"Telecommunications is considered a basic service just like fuel and water,
therefore,
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1199471
[AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 101260
[Title] => DOTC arm fast-tracking P53-B `Telepono sa Barangay' program
[Summary] =>
The Municipal Telephone Project Office (MTPO) is allegedly fast-tracking
negotiations for immediate implementation of the controversial P53-billion
"Telepono sa Barangay (TSB)" program despite merely a month left on its life
term.
A detailed "white paper" prepared by knowledgeable people from the Department
of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said that MTPO, one of its attached
agencies, is now entertaining telecom suppliers and signing contracts
reportedly upon the behest of certain foreign lending government institutions
which were left unidentified.
"The attempt
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1199471
[AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
)
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