On Thursday, economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) slammed Ilocos Sur Mayor Chavit Singson for criticizing the recent tobacco tax increases. In an interview with Anthony Taberna on Dos Por Dos, Mayor Singson...
Read MoreIn 2020, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 6137, otherwise known as an “Act encouraging corporate social responsibility, providing incentives therefor.” A similar bill is also pending in the Senate. Under this bill,...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) expresses its deepest condolences to the Aquino family on the passing of former President Benigno S. Aquino III. President Aquino was most instrumental in passing hard but critical reforms whose...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) supports the call of senators and the private education sector for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to exclude private schools from the tax increase to 25%. The newly signed Corporate Recovery and...
Read MoreIn celebration of World No Tobacco Day, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) urges our senators to protect the health of Filipinos by passing legislation that strengthens the regulation of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) supports the proposal of Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez to provide a subsidy of PhP 8,000 per month, for a maximum of three months, to workers affected by the COVID-19...
Read MoreThe Right to Know, Right Now! (R2KRN) Coalition submitted its position paper to the House of Representatives (HoR) Committee on Public Information under the leadership of Rep. Joseph L. Lara during the hearing on the Freedom of...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) welcomes the signing into law of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, as well as the President’s vetoes of provisions that ran counter to the policy’s main...
Read MoreFollowing the spike in COVID-19 cases, economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) urged the government to impose stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila and adopt several policy recommendations, including...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) strongly condemns the recent killings of citizens, including political activists, politicians, bureaucrats and drug users. We call on the government to put an end to the perpetration of these...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) refutes the claim of House Ways and Means Chair Representative Joey Salceda that the crude oil refining industry makes up 5 to 6 percent of our country’s gross value added (GVA) in...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER), in its fourth policy note entitled “Rice Industry’s March Towards Agriculture 4.0” lauded the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) effort in promoting data- driven development in the agriculture...
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