Action for Economic Reforms (AER)

Press release – Action for Economic Reforms – 28 November 2012 Representatives of 41 health organizations signed a manifesto calling on Senators Ralph Recto and Bongbong Marcos to inhibit from the bicameral conference meetings on the sin tax bill. The groups, representing well over 500,000 members of the health community, gathered at the Philippine General Hospital [...]

Press release – Action for Economic Reforms – 26 November 2012 Civil society today called for the Bicameral Conference Committee meetings for sin tax to be held publicly for the media to cover. “We need to make it open so we will prevent killer insertions, knowing that the Bicam is shrouded in secrecy,” stated Dr. Anthony [...]

Press release – Action for Economic Reforms – 21 November 2012 Civil society and health advocates commended last night’s passage of the sin tax bill in the Senate. In a press conference in Quezon City, Dr. Antonio Dans of the UP College of Medicine stated, “I would consider that a major health victory from any point [...]

Press release – Action for Economic Reforms – 18 November 2012 No less than two of the top finance organizations in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), have expressed support for a new Philippine sin tax bill. On Friday, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde said [...]

Press release – Action for Economic Reforms – 17 November 2012 Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will follow the footsteps of his father former President Ferdinand Marcos into notoriety and the dustbin of our history with his opposition to the sin tax bill. This was the assertion of civil society and sin tax reform advocates [...]