BIR, DOF warn small “tax evaders” but lawmakers say “go after big fish”

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “That’s the trouble with the BIR. Ang gagmay ang ginagukod (They run against the poor people). Ngano dili nila gukdon ang dagko sama nila Lucio Tan? (Why don’t they run after the big tax evaders like Lucio Tan?)” – Rep. Luz Ilagan

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PHL’s No vote to UNHRC reso on Sri Lanka abuses dismays rights group

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today John Sifton, HRW Asia advocacy director, has said “A no vote can be seen as an attempt to protect the Sri Lankan government from accountability for tens of thousands of deaths. This would be a slap in the face of human rights activists in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.”

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