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Resign on the wall
by Conrado Banal III
Just between us girls, there seems to be a complete falling out between Finance Secretary Margarito Teves and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Jose Mario Buñag.
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Harass hall
by Conrado Banal III
This cute administration has just done a “first” in the history of world taxation. And that is, Gloriaetta has just promoted -- directly acting as the Chief Executive of the Republic – an official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
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Wolves in sheep’s kin
by Conrado Banal III
The “wolves” in this cute administration, among them said to be a sheepish kin of Gloriaetta, may finally succeed in booting out the incorruptible Commissioner Jose Mario Buñag of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
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Cool off duties
by Conrado Banal III
Trying to rid the Bureau of Customs of red tape, two members of the “Hyatt 10” group of former government officials are teaming up in a hi-tech project for the agency.
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Threat or consequence
by Conrado Banal III
All right, because of this thing called “hot money,” the peso is still gaining against the dollar, and the stock market is slowly coming back to life.
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Star is corn
by Conrado Banal III
This year, we are staring at a corn shortage of almost two million metric tons. It’s bad for politics -- particularly for Gloriaetta.
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