Scrap 12% VAT on power rates, incoming Marcos admin asked

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Scrap 12% VAT on power rates, Marcos Jr. asked Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair Agnes Devanadera on Thursday flagged the double taxation issue on electricity to the incoming administration, hoping to bring down the high power rates currently being paid by end-users.   Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   Better CCTVs now a must for shops Owners of certain establishments should be required to install good-quality closed circuit television (CCTV) systems to ensure approval or renewal of their business permit, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.    ALL SET FOR THE CANVASS  Ballot boxes containing election returns for the presidential and vice presidential elections are kept under tight guard at the Senate building in Pasay City. They will be brought to the House of Representatives for canvassing by a joint session of Congress next week despite a petition in the Supreme Court not to proclaim Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the new president. —RICHARD A. REYES   Gov pressed to keep open-pit mining ban KORONADAL CITY—Outraged by the lifting of a 12-year-old ban on open-pit mining in South Cotabato, environmental and religious groups trooped to the capitol on Thursday calling on Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. to restore the prohibition through a veto.    LEARN MORE   Opinion: Who’s afraid of children’s books? With Philippine history excised from the high school curriculum of public schools and only briefly discussed as part of Araling Panlipunan, why begrudge children the chance to know more about this crucial chapter in our past? Why Red-tag books that seek to explain in simple, easy to understand stories, the follies, and fallacies of authoritarian rule so children can learn from these?     SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe