By lowering their expenditure on food, we would be awarding every family with an increase in disposable income, and mitigate labor demands for wage i… - Francis Escudero

Humble but not humbled in defeat. Manny was, is, and will always be the better man vs Floyd. My hats off to Manny!

We cannot just sit idly by and watch while our laws are being subverted. If we cannot defend, protect nor assist our fellow Filipino right here in our own soil, what chilling message do we get out there to our people and especially to those who are outside Philippine soils?

It is not for any institutions or any foreign entities for that matter to dictate upon us what to and what not to tax. IMF and its chief has no business in even suggesting that we impose tax on text. The power to tax is inherent in Congress and any external intervention is already meddling with our sovereignty.