BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat January 10, 2008 – 3:32pm Consumer group TXTPower slammed the proposal increase tax on text messaging. The Arroyo government at present collects 12-percent RVAT (Restructured Value-Added Tax) from all local text messages and calls, and another Overseas Communications Tax for international text messages and long distance calls. As of end-2007, the…

BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat January 10, 2008 – 3:38pm The Arroyo regime’s plan of reducing tariff rates on imported oil by one percent will not protect the public from skyrocketing and exorbitant pump prices, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance). Bayan pointed out that at the current pace…