Action for Economic Reforms (AER) calls on the Senate to junk Senate Bill No. 2239 entitled “An Act Regulating the Importation, Manufacture, Sale, Packaging, Distribution, Use, and Communication of Vapor Products and Heated...
Read MoreWhen Congress unanimously voted for the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law, it envisioned making rice readily accessible to the general public. Making rice accessible means securing sufficient supply and stable prices of the...
Read MoreThe House Committee on Agriculture and Food convened Tuesday afternoon to conduct a Technical Working Group meeting on the issue of declining farm gate prices of rice. Quite a number of sectors attribute this decline to Republic...
Read MorePulse Asia (PA) Research recently released the September 2021 Ulat ng Bayan survey that included questions regarding people’s consumption of vape and e-cigarette products and their attitude towards public policy covering these...
Read MoreChito Gascon will be remembered in many ways: a student leader, the youngest member of the 1987 Constitutional Commission, a lawyer for the downtrodden, a coalition builder, a radical reformist, and a staunch advocate of human...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) condemns Senator Ralph Recto’s shameful obstruction of the proposed amendments to the Public Service Act. By delaying the passage of Senate Bill No. 2094, Senator Recto is hindering a...
Read More“Kung wala kang tinatago, wala kang dapat ikatakot.” Former government officials, lawyers, civil society and youth leaders joined voices and forces on Monday, Sept. 13, at a public forum hosted by the Right to Know, Right Now!...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) calls on our national government to immediately address the different bottlenecks that our country faces in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Just a few days ago, we logged the highest single-day...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) joins other organizations, sectors, and ultimately, the Filipino electorate in appealing for an extension of voter registration. We echo the call to extend the voter registration deadline until...
Read MoreOn 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...
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