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SO, TELL ME! ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE DLSU STUDY THAT OFW REMITTANCES BE TAXED?
Yeap! You read it right! There’s a study out there - somewhere in the halls of the De La Salle University that OFW remittances will be taxed.Â
That’s right! tha’s an interesting piece of news imbedded in this article that I want you my dear fellow brothers and sisters toiling for that hard earned dollars to be aware of. De La Salle University apparently had a study and said:
Business and economics experts from De La Salle University proposed in a study the taxation of remittances from OFWs and the use of proceeds to shore up the productivity of workers left behind.
Anybody out there who can send me a copy or send me a link to whatever this study is? Hello!!! We are going to be taxed?? Am I reading this right?
“The possibility of increasing and internalizing the cost of international migration may be considered to reduce the economic ills it has generated … Such a move can arrest the possible hollowing effects on industries and mitigate the loss in international competition,” according to the research, titled “The Economic Impacts of International Migration: A Case Study on the Philippines,” written by Tereso Tullao, Michael Angelo Cortez and Edward See.
The study suggested that the same remittance income pouring into the country had nurtured dependence, contributed indirectly in the contraction of industries and developed a culture of migration among Filipinos.
Now, tell me - why would they tax our remittances? Our remittances to the Philippines has been the most important thing that ever happened to our country and I’ll name two major reasons:
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Every year, OFW remittances to the Philippines has not only been consistent but it has been rising. It’s now running right around $15 billion dollars and it’s what’s driving the local economy! Now, do we get that much in foreign investments? NO! Why? GUESS! Not that too many foreigners are interested in investing in us because we have the lousiest infrastructure in the whole world, we have an unreliable internet connections, we are the number corrupt country in Asia and extra-judicial killings is unabated. Shouldn’t these powers-that-be be happy that our remittances is in there in place of foreign investments that we’re not getting and the ones that we get are nowhere compared to the foreign investments that goes to Vietnam and our neighbors?
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Our OFW remittances acted as Darna when the Asian Financial Crisis happened in the late 90’s and if not for our remittances, where will we be?
NOW TELL ME, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT TAXING OFW REMITTANCES AS SUGGESTED BY DLSU?
 Let’s speak up! We can’t allow them to do this us!
STRONG PESO EFFECT ON EXPORTSÂ
You must have noticed that I have always followed the ups and downs of our Philippine currency. You should read this recent article on the Inquirer regarding the impact of a strong peso as far as Philippine exports are concerned.
You see, when you have a strong Peso, just as what’s written in this news:
A strong domestic currency has an adverse impact on dollar earners, like exporters, because they will get less pesos in exchange for their earnings. It also makes prices of their products less competitive, especially against manufacturing powerhouses in the region like China.
Interestingly, I have a friend who made it big as an abaca handicraft exporter. They have a US presense in South Carolina. They have big time customers in the US, like Pier Imports, JC Penney, Michael’s and Walmart.
Now, they took a beating when China emerged as the lowest cost producing and exporting nation, especially when China ascended to the WTO. Interestingly enough, my next door neighbor at East Ortigas whose business is stonewashing jeans was also affected by low-cost China. Last I heard was that his business was in a very bad position.
Now, comes a strong peso. Whereas, I don’t discount the fact that there are other sectors benefitting the rise of the peso, it’s the exports that we need to take a look at becasue there are a lot of Filipinos dependent on these export-oriented industries who are directly being punished by the strong peso.
Why is that?
It’s like this.
Let’s say I am Michael’s Philadelphia buying abaca products from Loida Abaca in Manila. Let’s say that we’ve been in business for many years when the currency exchange rate was 60 to $1. Fast forward today - 2007, currency exchange rate is now 45 to $1. See the difference? Let’s say that 1 abaca basket that I buy from Loida before would cost me Php30. Easy huh? Which means, my $1 can buy 2 baskets. Fast forward today, my $1 can only buy 1 basket and am left with Php15 which is not enough for another basket. Getching? It’s really that easy - in a big picture.
Source:
Peso now ‘uncomfortably strong’
Neda chief urges aid for battered export sector
Posted date: May 27, 2007
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May 28th, 2007 at 6:55 am
Inang, nag-CIA ako sa internet at walang masyadong makita about that study, only mentions of it and reactions to it. So I researched through the old-fashioned way: went to the library and scanned the inaalikabok na mga dyaryo and viola, I found an article discussing the study in length. The said article was also written by the same author indicated in the source of this post.
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May 28th, 2007 at 6:57 am
ay, bakit na-post agad ang comment ko na hindi pa tapos? I was about to tell you that I have encoded the article and sent it to your gmail account.
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May 28th, 2007 at 11:20 am
really? wow naman! thanks! mabuksan nga email! tenk u!!!
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May 29th, 2007 at 2:21 am
Taxation of OFW remittances? Ano sila nababaliw?
anong klaseng tax?
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May 29th, 2007 at 3:41 am
@The Cat,
Ay naku, Cat. You know and I know how *f~~d*bleep up our people up there. Of course, we don’t have the good people nor right people in the government. Result? No one can’t seem to set up priorities. Obviously, they intend to tax OFW remittances for more money. It’s interesting because if you look at the Inquirer News, the story about OFW remittances be taxed is bundled together with news about some local official shot to death and about PhilHealth scam. You see what I mean?
Priorities are not on eradicating corruption, working on getting rid of poverty, making it easier and safer for foreigners to invest in the country, and investing in infrastructure instead of staring at OFW remittances and then AHA! There! Tax those!
What kind of leadership do we have? Or lack of it? Even the comments of the NEDA Chief is nakakairitang pakinggan! Seems nag-i-ismol nang mga OFW samantalang it’s our money that helped the Philippine economy be afloat during crisis!
There’s plenty of rhetoric in our country! War on poverty! War on crime! War here! War there! Sa totoo lang there’s too many wars going on in Manila! The last news I just read was that there were already gang wars right in Makati, after the number 2 cop was shot dead. Now, with these kinds of news, are we able to invite more needed foreign investments? Of course not.
So, because we can’t and will never be able to win the neede foreign investments - who’s looking at our wallets now?! What are we going to do next time we send money to the Philippines? Isukbit sa gilid nang baks? Ipaipit sa ilalim nang sapatos? Ipitin sa hita? How?
I send money through PNB New York. Average charge? $10, magkano na yon? Taz, i-tatax pa ako? Bumagsak na yong palit, magkano na lang ang makakarating sa Pinas? Ugh!
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May 30th, 2007 at 1:10 am
this is absurd… taxes again? its not tax “per se”, its corruption!
Nung mababa ang piso:
1) maganda ang export business
2) dumami OFW at guminhawa ang buhay
3) tumaas ang bilihin at marami ang naghirap.
Nung Tumaas ang piso:
1) bumagsak ang export business
2) sumama ang buhay ng pamilyang umaasa sa OFW
3) Mataas pa rin ang bilihin at walang pagbabago
What do you think is more beneficial?
sira ata talaga ulo ng ibang kababayan natin… di na nga makayanan ang vat at gasolina, dadagdagan pa. Ewan ko ba!
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May 30th, 2007 at 1:11 am
ey nakain ng akismet ang comment ko, ganda panaman sinabi ko!
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May 30th, 2007 at 1:12 am
testing.. bakit ayaw lumabas ng comment ko?
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May 30th, 2007 at 2:13 am
bluep, kinain nga nang akismet, ayaw pinaluwa ko uli! he he he!
- kamo - mga persona non grata ang mga taong yan!
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May 30th, 2007 at 2:34 am
thanks pards. I have no idea why akismet liked me so much. This happens on an average of 3/10 comments. I really have to buy a new domain name. tunog porn site kasi yung aking address hehehe.
Pyesta dito sa lugar namin so ala pasok. Have to go out and eat to tons of household, then mamaya gabi, drink to death with barkada
see you later everyone. God Bless!
P.S.testingin ko nga, C5, Reynz at yung iba po na kaibigan nila, tag ko kayo (hehehe)
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May 30th, 2007 at 2:38 am
naku bluep, yaannnnnnnn ang reason why eye want to go homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
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May 30th, 2007 at 3:07 am
ako? im not in favor.. hehe un lang po ^__^
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May 30th, 2007 at 3:08 am
Hindi na lang kaya ako magpadala sa Pinas…
Syempre papadala pa din! Pwede siguro, minimal tax.
Pero unfair naman dun sa maliit lang ang kita.
Malabo na naman ito… yung mga malaki ang kinikita, ide-declare ba nila sweldo nila?
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May 30th, 2007 at 3:48 am
All I can say to them is TAX YOU! This is so obscene that it qualified as an expletive. I’ll agree to this when the time comes that going out of the country is a liesure. I mean when they already created enough job that going out actually would be a matter of pleasurable choice. Right now it is like strangling the goose that lays the golden egg. Dung! Register your “violent” reaction on this!
Again, burgoise school getting to preach something that gets smaller people dead but not them … Milking the less previlege but not the filthy rich where they belong… Asking others to contribute their last penny while they party the nights away… What the f… TAX!
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May 30th, 2007 at 4:22 am
NO. CONGRESS HAS ALREADY PASS A LAW THAT
OFW ARE TAX FREE, WHY ARE THESE STUDIES,
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THIS TAX, PARA MAY MANAKAW ANG
MGA TAO SA GOBIERNO.
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May 30th, 2007 at 4:46 am
@culture shiok,
kahit minimal tax, yoko pooooo!!! yokoooo!!! i have no idea actually kung pano nila gagawin base dun sa useless at walang kwentang study nang DLSU!
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May 30th, 2007 at 5:06 am
WHAAATTTT!!!! TAX na naman!? I’m sure para mas maraming makukurakot ang government. Nope..Hindi…Ayoko…i’m not in favor of that.
Ang hirap na nga mg-work sa ibang bansa malayo sa mahal mo sa buhay tapos ganyan pa..ita-TAX pa ang ipadadala mo.
WAAAHHHH….Lord..please forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing.
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May 30th, 2007 at 5:16 am
no..no to tax sa remittances! and why should it be taxed? and why spend their time with these studies noh?! instead, why not study and trace kung saan napupunta ang pera ng gobyerno at tax na kinakaltas sa mga ordinaryong mamamayan? DUH?!
i agree with jose bataller’s comment! yeah..Tax them or F#@% them!
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May 30th, 2007 at 5:29 am
ano ba yan!!! puro tax n lng.. putax *#$na naman oh!!
Hirap na nga mgtrabaho pati pinaghirapan mo, kakaltasan pa ng gobyerno.. ay naku!! BIG NO NO!! MG PIKET NA LNG TLGA KO KHIT AKO MG ISA SA HARAPAN NG EMBASSY!!!
Pti OFW workers tinatalo ng mga gung gong na nka upo sa pwe sto..
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May 30th, 2007 at 5:30 am
Good Morning H/H Reyna Elena.
Sa aking point of view lang po, hinde po dapat patawan ng tax yung mga remittance, Kasi po magiging back to back na yung taxes eh…. una meron tayong binabayaran na income tax every year base na rin sa sweldo natin dito sa labas ng bansa, tapos po pag ibinili na ng produkto ng pinadalahan natin sa pilipinas yung perang ipinadala natin yung mismomg produkto eh may tax na rin.Mang eenganyo lang po ng coruption yun at karagdagang pahirap sa ofw. Hiinde paba sila masaya at ipinadadala natin throuhg bank or courrier yung pera natin, pag itinuloy nila yung tax na yan, maraming kababayan natin ang makikipadala na lang sa mga kababayan nating papauwi, lalo lang mawawalan ng kita ang gobyerno.
Bakit hinde nila hingan yung mga pulitiko natin sa pilipinas na milyon milyon ang ginagastos para lang iboto. Tayo pang ofw ang kakwartahan nila.mga cute ang inang yan.
Etong mga DLSU dapat ipadala sa Saudi, Iraq, Lebanon para malaman nila kung gaano kahirap kumita ng pera dito, ewan na lang kung makapag isip pa sila tungkol sa tax tax na yan. Wala ka namang mapakinabangan sa gobyerno na yan kundi sakit ng ulo at pahirap ng loob.
Pasensya na po sa feed back ko at medyo negative yata ang dating…kasi po katatapos lang akong sabunin ng amo kong indiano at sabihan ba naman akong ” YOU ARE WORKING LIKE A BULL” sa mga taga DLSU kung sabihan kayo ng ganon ng superior nyo.. maiisip nyo pa bang lagyan ng tax yung kakarampot na ipinadadala namin..meron pa ditong cases na yung mga katulong eh..ni rerape o kaya naman sinasambinutan at pinaplantsa ng mga amo nila. PUMUNTA NGA KAYO DITO MGA TAGA DLSU….
gumagalang at nagagalit
Manuel
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May 30th, 2007 at 5:34 am
gulpihin na lang yung gumawa ng study. pag natauhan, gulpihin uli.
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May 30th, 2007 at 8:36 am
i suspend my judgment on the La Salle study. it may have its merits which we can’t fathom only in quotes.
as for the piso being strong, i think it’s only a temporary high because of the election season. large amounts of money have been spent on campaigns and such, which means that the peso is circulating too fast and too much. hence, the result: P45 to a dollar. the Central Bank has been trying to control the surge of pesos in the money market. eventually, these measures would take effect along with the decreasing expenditure of politicians now that the elections are over. ^_^
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May 30th, 2007 at 8:59 am
I disagree in every point presented in the study. The culture of migration and the “brain drain” they are detesting are so passe. There is an alternative solution to this –> TRAINING duh! We level up our education like what our tech based schools are doing now. They teach practical and hands-on experience on top of theoretical knowledge. Then generations and generations of talented pinoy experts will pour in like crazy. Since the world has opened its doors of opportunity, global na tyo dapat mag-isip. Filipino talents are no longer for the Philippines alone but for the world to enjoy and vice versa. As to the dependence/reduced self-reliance among individual members of the households, I think that this is a family unit issue — not societal. Synonymously if my spouse is earning a million bucks a month working in the Philippines, surely my decision to work or not is based on MY essence of existence and on my spouse’s prerogative. Thus it is regardless whether we work here or overseas that we become dependent - or independent for that matter. Lastly, an advocacy of the “government taxing remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and use the proceeds to shore up the productivity of workers left behind” is impractical and short ranged. Impractical because finding another band-aid to a wound with a bullet still inside aint gonna work sister! Short ranged because there are other means - look in the mirror for pete’s sake!
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May 30th, 2007 at 9:06 am
AKO IN FAVOR…
para tuluyan nang may masaktan sa mga tao na yan pag na implement yung kabugukan na ito..
PUT@%&#A nila. is this the best they can do?
fackinshet talaga…
oi! peace !
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May 30th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Just can’t get silent on this. For most this is not a matter of choice but a matter of survival. Tax the people who left with heavy heart and a real prospect that their family’s will not be the same again? Tax them who for months on end may not see the money they have toiled for because this is late in coming or has gone to the usurer first who lend them the placement fee? Tax them who were in real danger of getting killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and somewhere God knows where just to earn a decent living? TAX THEM WHO WERE SELLING THEIR SOUL AND GETTING RAPED SO THAT THEIR NEXT OF KIN MAY LIVE? TAX THE BLOOD MONEY that’s what they are saying. It may be legal, but is it moral? The professionals abroad in airconditioned offices are fewer than those who fried in the desert sun, they get hit, we get hit later on too.
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May 30th, 2007 at 10:57 am
@ Joe Battaler,
I like what you said: “I’ll agree to this when the time comes that going out of the country is a leisure - created enough job that going out actually would be a matter of pleasurable choice”
I think that’s setting up priorities correct if they can do that?
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:00 am
@ alfredo,
thanks dun sa info! siste nito fred! they can pass hundreds of them and then tweak them the next day!
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:06 am
@ sheila,
ipinalangin mo na rin na kunin na sila ni lord pati na yong mga nangu-ngurakot
ang talking about those nangungurakot - WHY NOT TAX THEM INSTEAD? di ba?
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:08 am
@ ey,
dutzh rightz! taman yon anak, kelangan they have to set their priorities right, at wag yong titingin sa mga pitaka natin - maganda yong sinulat ni battaler!
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:09 am
@ mina,
the more we make noise na hindi palagpasin nang taft avenue ang study na to, the better! and you’re absolutely right, ba’t ba tayo tinatalo nila?
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:14 am
@ manuel garcia fuertes,
natawa ako sa yo: “mga cute ang inang yan!”!
maganda yong explanation mo about the flow nang money and how it’s being taxed. see, di mo lang alam manny, you’re an economist - pede mong palitan yong nakaupo dun sa pasig!
at eto namang study… is that the best study ba nang DLSU? i mean - tax that! tax this! di mo na kelangan mag research di ba?
point ko - ba’t di nila gamitin ang utak nila for some meaningful studies like: ENTREPRENEURSHIP sa mga OFW or the gov’t can create angel investors para satin to help us makapag biz sa pinas instead na yong mga daddy at mommy lang nila?
research to tax OFW study? di ba ambabaw nila???
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:15 am
@arman ha!
kurutin ko singit mo! walang ganyanan. baka gulpihin din tayo eh! violent reactions lang e.g. cute nang nanay nilaaa!!!
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Lupeeet naman ng mga taong yan! Wa na silang awa sa mga OFW. Wa na silang mahanapan ng paggagatasan, last resort ba ang mga OFW? Ano ba naman ang study na yan? Wala na bang ibang topic na lubos na kapaki-pakinabang ke Juan dela Cruz, jus-kokuryung (cosmetic ng nanay ko nung unang panahon na pagkamura mura kasabay ng e-moon) mga bakla naman ang mga itetch! Taxtax na ang bulsa ng mga OFW sa pagbaba ng palit ng mahabaging dolyar (pagbuti dw ng economy ng pinas). Oh yun naman pala at bumuti na lagay ng ekonomy eh bakit sa OFW ita-taktak ang kabaliwang ito? Lukresia na ang mga Utaw sa DLSU. Manash pakibatax nga ang mga litid ng mga hinayutax na mga tsonggong yan! San naman kaya nila nahagilap ang ganyang mga pananaw? Tax na nga sa country host na location ng ofw work, tax pa pinas? ano yun? Double jeopardy??? Double dead? ngekngak naman kayo mga tsong(go!) Mga taxil kayo sa kapwa nyo noy-pi ha! basta ang paniwala ko ang mag-usad ng pananaw na ito ay isang hilaw na bading, hitad!, walang balun balunan! at nuknukan ng burak sa pusali, walang sing baho at lansa ng dugo!!! yun lang! gusto nyo pa dagdag? kasi ngayon pa lang ako nagsisimula eh.
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:17 am
@ liz,
i think that’s a fair judgement. yaan mo, i have a CIA who’s looking for that study and once we get it, we will disect it like crazy!
yet am still against at any form of tax kahit anong shape at size at dimension sa mga remittances namin
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:21 am
@fibski,
be back later, masyadong deeply intellectual and response mo, nahulog ako sa trono ko. pasok muna me office and later, pick up Chuva at Newark Int’l Airport - isa syang engkanto who went on a biz trip in Asia.
thank you guys for all your response.
keep it coming.
we MUST guard our wallet.
those people in the government who are taking money from us - bat yon and di i=tax?
these useless studies and research? why not study and research kung pano ma-improve ang productivity natin in pinas and hopefully sabi nga ni mang bataller, there’d be enough jobs satin - simple di ba? you don’t have to go to DLSE to figure that out!
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:22 am
san ba makikitang site ang study na ‘to?
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:25 am
@louvy,
hinahanap pa namin, but the main idea is posted on the Inquirer. Yaan mo, yong aking CIA (bea) is looking for it. Right bea?
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:27 am
i was following every conversation on my email since I arrive minutes ago. sunod sunod yung replies. I can’t help myself butt in.
though everything has been said, siguro eto lang gusto kong sabihin kanina pa.
being also a former university prof, I have nothing against DLSU kahit pa maka- ADMU ako at UST sa UAAP, pero If i were the professor of these group who made the study, I guess I’ll give them a 95% for their scholasticity, and a 60 flat mark on practicality and common sense.
Not all thesis are feasible. They may seem to pass the panel of scholars during the defense,but it doesn’t mean that it will be applicable in all situation.
Why flank this group? dapat ang pinagaralan nila ay yung makakatulong sa bansa hindi yung puro pahirap sa mga mamamayan. I’m not an OFW but God knows my heart goes to them. Napakadami ko kabatch at kaibigan nanandyan ngayon sa middle east and when we chat, natatameme ako sa dami ng hirapna dinadanas nila.
its like adding insult to injury. narape ka na nga, nabugbog ka na nga, ikinulong na, pinagbintangan, minaltrato, kulang ang sweldo, tapos kakaltasan pa? very inhuman… though its not yet a bill, just a studt, but the folly falls to the authors of this study. Might as well lagyan na lang ng asin at calamansi ang bawat sugat… sadista kumbaga!
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Tax DLSU!!!
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May 30th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Bakit ba nila pinupuntirya ang mga OFW may mga iba naman paraan para lumaki ang collection ng BIR! Bakit hindi ito ang kanilang pag-aralan at pagandahin tulad ng mga sumusunod:
1. Corruption ay napakataas at napakalala na sa bansa natin. Dapat ito ang ating gawan ng paraan kung hindi naman tuluyang mawala ay kahit paano ay mabawasan. Sino man ang mahulihan na nangungurakot na opisyal ay ikulong at kung sakaling umulit ay putulan ng kamay. Kung hindi pa rin natuto at gumawa pa ulit dapat putulan ng ari para tumino na hehehhe. Kung ating kukuwentahin ang laki ng nawawala sa kaban ng bayan dahil sa corruption.
2. Tamang bayad ng buwis mula sa malalaki at maliit na negosyante.
Bihira sa mga ito ang talagang nagbabayad ng tamang buwis dahil alam nila na kaya nilang lagyan ang lahat. Sino nga bang gago magbabayad ng buwis na mataas kung kaya naman nilang manipulahin at impluwensyahan ang mga opisyal. Babayad ka ba ng 1 million kung kaya mo naman ayusin 200k ang lahat lahat kasama lagay. Ang mambabatas natin ay sana gumawa ng batas upang mapilitang magbayad ang mga negosyante ng tama.
Alam naman ng lahat na madaming negosyanteng hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis pero wala akong nakita kahit isa ata na kinulong dahil sa illegal nilang gawain. Wag mong sabihin sa akin na magagaling ang mga accountant sa atin at lahat graduate sa la salle at UP at nagagawan nila ng paraan na maging maayos ang kanilang libro pangkabuhayan.
3. Ang daming illegal na negosyo sa atin mula huweteng, smuggling hanggang sa droga. Dapat ito ang patawan at pagbayarin din ng buwis kung sakaling mahuli. Parang wala rin akong narinig na ganitong negosyo na nakasuhan ng tax fraud or evasion.
4. Sahod ng mga matataas na opisyal ay dapat bawasan or kanselahin para hindi masakal masyado ang kaban ng bayan. Alam naman ng lahat ay ang mga sahod ng congressman, senator, BIR official,customs officer, General sa army at iba pa ay hindi ganoong kalakihan pero tignan mo naman ang bahay nila mala palasyo, ang sasakyan ang dami at puro mamahalin pa, ang dami ng lupain at negosyo, etc. Sa tutuo lang mas mataas pa ang sahod ng OFW kesa sa kanila pero kapus pa rin tayo pagdating pinansyal na bagay. Hindi ko na sasabihin kung ilan ang asawa at GFs ng mga opisyal na ito pero kaya pa rin nilang itaguyod ito ng marangya at walang kahirap hirap. Pero tignan mo ang OFW kapag naging 2 pamilya kung magtrabaho masahol pa sa kalabaw para lang itaguyod ang lumalaking pamilya.
Hindi na siguro kailangan ng rocket scientist para alamin kung bakit mayaman ang mga opisyal na ito. At saka kahit walang sweldo ang mga iyan papasok pa rin sa upisana ang mga iyan para asikasuhin kung saan sila magkakapera gamit ang kanilang nakuhang position. Pero hindi ko naman nilalahat. Siguro meron din naman talagang mayaman na at hindi corrupt na opisyal at tumutulong sa kanilang kapwa (meron nga kaya?).
Gusto ko rin pong ipaalam na ang sahod ng mg OFWs ay may buwis rin sa bansang kanilang pinagtrabahuan direktang binabayaran ng ofw mismo or kanilang amo. Kung sakaling bubuwisan tayo muli sa pinas mula sa kinita natin sa ibang bansa. Aba ay double taxation na ata iyon.
Sa isang banda masasabi ko hindi naman masama kung magbayad ng buwis pero kung ito ay gagamitin sa tama. Pero sa tutuo lang hindi mangyayaring magamit iyon sa tama at masasayang lang ito at mapupunta sa iilang tao at gamitin para sa kanilang kapakanan. Gaya ng sabi ng karamihan enriching yourself at the expense of another ay masama di ba!
Saka dugo, pawis, hirap, takot minsan kasama pa ang puri ang kapalit ng mga kinikita ng OFWs.
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May 30th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
from the comments here eh wala na akong masabing iba pa dahil halos nasabi na nila- ang tanging masasabi ko lang ay, God may bless them!…. and ipagdadasal ko na lang sila…..
ey reyna, hindi pa ako pari- magpapari pa lang hahahaah-pero as solemnly professed contemplative catholic monk ay pwede naman na akong makinig sa yong mga hinaing, at magbigay ng kaunting enlightenment, so feel free ka lang mag email sa akin sa aking gmail or kahit sa aking bloglog pwede din ( set mo lang sa private) pero kung medyo maselan ang mga isisiwalat mo ay sa gmail mo na lang isulat saken— ok dear, ingats lagi at pagpalain ka lagi ng ating Maykapal sa yung araw araw na gawain—-
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May 30th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
akala ko ba bawal ang double taxation? sana, if there’s anything tangible that we’ll see if they implement this, like better and modernized government services, health care, education, etc. but i highly doubt this. sorry, i don’t trust the government (who does, anyway).
you know, if they’ll implement this thing, ofws are a creative bunch. so rather than going through remittance centers, they’d probably resort to the “padala” method. where they’ll ask their kababayans going to the philippines to bring their money. in that case, the gov’t will actually be losing out on the remittance fees, etc.
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May 30th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
eheheheheeee…ako alumnus ng DLSU… pero OFW na ring maitututring… dedepensahan ko sana DLSU pero yoko rin ng tax eh…inodit pa nga kami dito ng IRS, anlaki ng babayaran ko, siyet! Pero at least dito kita mo kahit papano more than half of your tax money…
Pero sa Pinas? Manigas sila!
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:09 am
I would not mind the taxing kung nakikita sana where the money goes. the problem is we can not even trust our dear president how much more the rotten people around her which only think of ways how to enrich them the most evil ways. so, before they think of more ways how burden the workers overseas can somebody shot this guys….. God help us……….
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:22 am
@fibzki,
yeap, i like what you wrote, yes, we pinoys are the most talented crop, kaso we can’t use our talents back home coz we it’s plain cheap or that we got no use of it - if jobs are there then maybe we could use them
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:23 am
taz,
i guess that must be the best paper that was ever written sa school ni kuta! ha ha ha!!!
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:25 am
@ louvy gutierrez
‘day! matigbak me kakatawa sa post mu! grabe! sumakit yata ngala-ngala ko!!! ansaya saya! balik ka uli! nagmamakaawa ako!!!
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:28 am
@asthong kutchong,
yan mga sinulat mo ang dapat nalaman nang gumawa nang research papers - else, isali nila sa finding nila and then let’s see if they still come up with da same conclusion - ano ba ang alam nong mga taong yon? magaling yong mga points mo! kaso wala namang priorities ang gobyerno natin!
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:30 am
@ays,
agree!! very good point! pinapabalik tayo sa dark ages where most of our money is going to go to the black market. na-discuss ba yan nila? baka hindi
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:32 am
@ben-g,
let me take if further coz i like what you said, now, does anyone know how much we owe to all the organizations in the world with the word “bank” on it?
is it in billions? trillions? basta ang alam ko, sandamakal ang utang natin and interest payments alone runs into millions. right?
eto tanong:
SAAN GINAMIT YONG MGA INUTANG NATIN?! BAT HANGGANG NGAYON WALANG MATINONG HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY FROM MANILA TO MATNOG in BICOL?
(Sorry, meron pala - yong photo-op expressway sa Magallanes!)
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:33 am
@kuta,
we got job for you gurl!!!
DELIVER ALL OUR COMMENTS TO YOUR ALMA MATER.
ha ha ha!
taz tumakbo ka! well, tutal di ka naman na pedeng idrop di ba?
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:59 am
*lumuluwa na ang mata sa kababasa ng mga comments dito. ang dami eh.*
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May 31st, 2007 at 4:02 am
I believe that the OFW has already done their part and let’s stop at that, no more tax. They shore up the economy and keep it on even keel during the crisis years. And just when the economy is picking up they will tax them as a way of saying thank you… Thank you, but no thanks! We’ve done more than enough. We have contributed a lot more than these morons ever think… Say from 56 pesos down to 46 pesos per dollar, they have gotten a bonus of 10 pesos per OFW dollar to pay the damned government’s dollar debt. From the remittances of US$15B they got almost 20% or 3B to pay for foreign loan or effectively reducing dollar loans by that much in forex. See, we are already milked even by just sending money… oh, lest we forget, there is also the difference of about 25 to 50 cents in actual exchange than what the market says. And who are the bankers responsible on these? Right, those from DLSU’s. Damn good in dipping their hands in somebody else’s pockets. We fuel the economy real good, no raw material import expenses, just clean dollar inflows. When you reckon it on net dollar inflows we will beat the businesses by a mile. For that we should be taxed?
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May 31st, 2007 at 4:10 am
@Inang
yung aking ipinadala na attachment sa isang email ko, yun na po yata halos lahat ng laman ng study. paki-check na lang po uli ang email ko.
nakalagay po doon, one of the reasons why OFWs should be taxed is to compensate the country for the loss of migrants who attended government-funded state universities and colleges. That way, ma-compensate man daw lang ang ginastos ng government for the cost of their education.
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May 31st, 2007 at 6:03 am
I have taught in DLSU Taft for two semesters. They got a library for their undergrad and graduate theses. As I have commented in my e-mail, I like to see the findings of the study, their conclusions and their recommendations. If taxation of OFW remittances is a recommendation to penalize the ofws for indirectly contributing to the “contraction of industries”, ibabato ko ang copy sa bintana.
What method was used in the conduct of the study?
If it is a survey-questionnaire, who were their respondents?
What’s the sample size?
How did they come up with the population and the respondents?
I am exactly amused by the word “contraction of industries”? Kailangan ko ng dark choc para mastimulate ko ang aking brain para maintindihan ko. Meron yan ha kahit makakalimutin ako. hic. oops
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May 31st, 2007 at 6:10 am
umalis na nga tayo sa bansa natin becoz of economic problem, corruption, oppression, etc. e hahabulin parin tayo ng gobyerno para may ma corrupt sila sa atin! Grabe naman yan…….sobra na!
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May 31st, 2007 at 7:19 am
Not all those who migrated graduated from the state universities. As far as I know these state universities require their graduates to stay or to serve the country for a certain period of time for payback. Correct me if I am wrong.
The recommendation therefore is not to allow fresh graduates of the state universities to leave for work.
Why penalize the OFWs who didn’t even finish college or didn’t even have the chance to go to these state universities for the “sins” of the government scholars?
Kailangan bang pakainin ko rin sila ng dark chocolate para makita nila ang malaking kamaliang ito?
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May 31st, 2007 at 7:35 am
Dapat ispadahin ang mga utak nang nagsasabing bigyan ng tax para mabawi ang cost.
Nag cost and benefit analysis ba sila. Hinga muna, hinga ulit.
Sa ginastos ng gobyerno sa isang mag-aaral, sabihin nating kalahating milyon. o di va ang laki niyan.Pero ano naman ang kapalit.
Nagtrabaho bilang nars sa Estet. Nagpapadala ng 500 dollahs bawat isang buwan sa pinas. Pinag-aaral ang mga kapatid na kung hindi mag-aaral ay magiging kasama sa mga
unemployed, binibigyhan ng pera ng pamalengke si nanay, kaya ang tindera naman ay nagkakaron ng kita na ibinabayad naman sa pinagbibilhan niya ng
mga gulay at ng mga isda kaya ang mga mangingisda naman ay may perang panggastos para pag-aaral ng mga anak at ang mga magtatanim ng gulay ay meron ding kikitain. Para siyang gulong. Habang gumugulong ay may nasasagasaan at naiiwanan ng benepisyo.
Pag hindi pa naman nila naintindihan ang silbi ng perang pinadadala, ibabagsak ko sila sa Economics. Ayan hindi na ako gumamit ng mga economics terminologies. simpleng simple lang kung paanong makikitang ang pera ng ofw ay tumutulong sa ekonomiya ng bansa.
Ito ang benefit. Ang cost kalahating milyon. Ang ipapasok na pera ay milyon -milyon. Ikumpara mo sa pagtrabaho nila sa Pilipinas na baka sarili nila ay hindi pa nilang kayang buhayin.
Lahat nang binibili ng familya ng ofw ay may mga taxes na. Kung pati nga pagsalita may tex eheste tax pa eh.
Tsee nila. rolleyes pa.
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May 31st, 2007 at 7:51 am
@The Cat
hello po.
tawa po ako ng tawa dun sa dark chocolate part ng comment ninyo.
contrary to some written articles about the study which i found in the internet , the people behind the study are not students. according to the news item i dug up, they are DLSU professors and researchers at DLSU’s Center for Business and Economics Research and Development. they presented the study during an international migration forum conducted by NEDA.
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May 31st, 2007 at 7:54 am
@bea
anak ng tipaklong na walang paa, eh may katok at kalahiti din naman pala mga professors dun eh…
bea pede ba makahingi ng copy nung CIA RESULT MO about the study?
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May 31st, 2007 at 9:38 am
Inanimal na yan, kita mo kung gaanong katangahan ang produkto ng mga propesors na yan. Paano nila nalaman na galing sa mga state university ang mga nag abroad? Pag in- implement yan, isa pang katangahan ulit. Imbes na magpadala yung mga nasa abroad na malalaki ang pinadadala dahil may kaya, di kunin na lang nila mga dependents nila, magkakasama na sila, tipid pa. Matitirang matatamaan ng tax yung mga walang kakayahan talaga, di parang pinitpit mo pang lalo sila.
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May 31st, 2007 at 10:46 am
Ooops! Sorry, I was in New York, kababalik ko lang, palit damit, takbo trabaho! Taz me pinikup akong isang OFW na nag lamierda sa Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong, Shanghai at Manila.
Anyway, it’s a one page article Bea. I’ll post it for everyone to see and I sent a copy to bluep separately.
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May 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am
Here’s what Bea sent me:
Study Urges Taxes on OFW Income
by Doris C. Dumlao
The government must tax remittances from overseas Filipino workers and use the proceeds to shore up the productivity of workers left behind, a study by De La Salle University’s business and economics experts proposed.
The research titled “The Economic Impacts of International Migration: A case Study on the Philippines,” written by Tereso Tullao, Michael Angelo Cortez and Edward See said: “The possibility of increasing and internalizing the cost of international migration may be considered to reduce the economic ills it has generated. Such a move can arrest the possible hollowing effects on industries and mitigate the loss in international competition.”
The study suggested that these same remittance income pouring into the country had nurtured dependence, contributed indirectly to the contraction of industries and developed a culture of migration among Filipinos.
One way of compensating the country for the loss of migrants who attended government-funded state universities and colleges, the study said, would be to oblige them to compensate for the cost of their education.
“Another option is to impose some form of exit tax on migrating workers like nurses whose massive exit has affected the nursing education as well as the health sector of the country,” said the study, which was presented during a recent international forum on labor migration conducted by the National Economic and Development Authority.
It acknowledged that the huge amount of remittances sent by OFWs as captured by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas statistics and a substantial amount unaccounted for that flows through the various informal channels had contributed significantly to the growth and stability of the national economy in recent years. But instead of alleviating unemployment, it argued that international migration has reduced the demand and supply of labor.
“International migration has increased the reservation wage of individuals coming from households with remittance income,” the research said.
The study also said that temporary overseas employment had the potential of depressing domestic industries and contracting employment similar to the consequence of the “Dutch disease,” referring to a situation where dependence on a natural resource could erode competitiveness.
“The phenomenon of international migration, ore particularly, temporary overseas employment, has also reduced self-reliance among individual members of the households,” the research said.
It added that the reduced labor force participation of family members with remittance income can be interpreted as another manifestation of dependence.
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I know one impact of the migration of the nurses, i.e mushrooming of the nursing schools and review centers. Are they blaming the demand for the course to be the cause of the perceived deterioration of the quality of nursing education. It’s just like saying, hey we lower the quality of our products, anyway they are in demand. nothing of that sort. that should be taken cared of by the DepEd or the CHed.
In the US, a similar penalty (not tax) is imposed on corporations who have hired foreign workers in the IT industry. The money goes to the fund for the US locals to learn and acquire technological skills.
Look, the Silicon Valley people are still asking for additional quota for working visas for tech people.
Note: I don’t care who conducted the study, whether they are students or professors or experts. My opinin is only based on the article about the study. My questions as to how the paper was prepared still stand.
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I should be needing more statistics as to how many members of the family are unemployed? Are they unemployed because they are full time studying courtesy of the overseas worker or they are unemployed merely because they rely on the remittances for their financial needs.
What about mothers who are asked by the overseas fathers to stay home rather than work to take care of the kids.
So what’s the statistics? They simply cannot conclude without considering other contributory factors.
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Maraming OFW sa mother side ko, and the relatives left here are not completely dependent on their remittances of those abroad (sa mga padalang gamit siguro, but definitely not the money).
Ang sa akin, okey lang ‘yung tax basta ba alam natin kung tapat manungkulan ang gobyerno eh, kung kumpiyansado tayong mapupunta sa maganda ang buwis. Eh ang kaso…*tingin sa taas*
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June 1st, 2007 at 1:04 am
@ The Cat!
I love the dark chocLET part! ha ha ha! ang sarap! he he he!
“simpleng simple lang kung paanong makikitang ang pera ng ofw ay tumutulong sa ekonomiya ng bansa.”
- di ba nga? that’s plain common sense di ba? what’s $15 billion dollars flowing into the country kahit na sabihin nating free college sa boung isla?
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June 1st, 2007 at 1:06 am
@empress,
that’s the other thing and as i have asked before, forget the tax collected on how it was used - di ba we have billions and billions of utang, let alone the interest payments na hindi na tayo makahinga,
SAAN GINAMIT YON?! ba’t hanggang ngayon walang matinong superhighway from Manila to Matnog? From Catarman to Leyte? From Surigao to Zamboanga del Sur?
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June 1st, 2007 at 2:05 am
di bale sana kung mga kasing rich nina reynz at chuva lang ang itatax nila, hehehehe…waz akong kompleyn!
Whew, init ng mga balitaktakan at palitang kurokuro sa article na ito… Oist, titser ho ako, nagtitinda ng tosino, longganisa, pati ays kendi… gusto nyo magpalamig muna? Por gibs ho!!!
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June 1st, 2007 at 2:21 am
EEEEKKKKK! ba’t ako kutz? am not the one hopping from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to Hongkong to Shanghai to Manila at New York. Ang travel ko po eh sa mga ghetto areas nang Philadelphia. Besides, yong earnings ko is just enough to buy ref sa mga syota ko! he he he
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June 1st, 2007 at 2:31 am
May munting regalo ako para sa mga OFW, pati na sa relatives (and relathieves) and friends ng mga OFW…punta kayo dito:
Petition: No To OFW Tax!!!
Bow.
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June 1st, 2007 at 11:19 am
@ reynz
Sisteraka, sensya na at di ko mapigilan ang nagmumurang mga ugat ko sa leeg pagkatapos kong mabasa ang mga anik-anik na tungkol sa walang talent show na mga burges na mga DaLaSaLa na mga utaw na itetch. Kainis! ayoko ma MTRCB di ko mai express ang tunay na saloobin ko dinhi. Hoy! hoy! hoy! mga kabayan, ako po ay produkto rin ng mababang paaralang nakasandal sa pader ng inaanay na gobyernong ini. Pero matuk nyo bang di ako makapasok sa kahit anong sangay ng pmahalaan dahil sa “wala kasi akong baker eh”. Wiz din ako kamag anak inc. sa gobyerno. Ayaw ako tanggapin, uber qualipayd daw ako. so ano ginawa ko? Ayaw nyo ko di wag nyo? Ipagsaksakan ko ba sarili ko eh meron namang green bucks? Ano ka’mo ateng? 2 years in service sa gov’t. para naman hindi masayang ang sinubside ng gob sa skul sa mga gaya ko produkto ng state u? Isang malaking ka ek-ekan yan! iksample na ko…ismyuski! pero ano ba mgawa ng isang tulad kong walang baker? “c`est La Vie” ang aking tanging usal. kahit magdabog ako ever sa lahat ng sangay ng gob na ayaw tanggap akin, WA LANG!!! Ayyy! pero print ko ever ang iyong sinyer na akda ng mga kumag na itetch. talaga lang. ikakalat ko sa lahat ng aking madarakuaaaannn sa dakooooo pa roooooon, para naman ang mga magulang na nagbabayad ng sky rocketship na matrikulasyon sa iskul bakol na itits eh mapag-isipan mabuti. di ko sila bati! hoy ineng ang speling ko tek not ha. bati hinde bate at ang stress ay sa last silable hane. mariin hindi malumanay o maragsa. Capisce? he,he.. o kayo jan mga kaalyansa ano pa hintay nyo? takbo na sa lansangan go, go…todo na to at wag nating payagan ang mga ganitong konsepto na magtagumpay! Da sistahood of ghettos
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June 1st, 2007 at 11:25 am
@manuel garcia fuertes
repapips neks taym sabihan ka ng gunggong na indiano na yan ng ganyan….eto lang sagot mo…”yeah you stinkin biatch, so next time don’t wait to see a bull in front of you, go SCram_ _ _ ur egg” he,he,he patawa lang ha! i can relate kasi. chldren warning!!! “don’t say this at home” arrrg….
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June 1st, 2007 at 11:36 am
tita kutz at mam reynz - - - hoy!!!! — pagusapan daw ako ng parang wala ako rito!! hindi ako reeech noh!!!! bayad lang ng kumpanya yan.. jusko, kung ako yun, mag-bu-bus ako kahit walang aircon!!
syet…sinabi ko sa inyo, pag sakay ko ng eroplano galing maynila.. naku humagulgol and nanay nyo!!!! pano ba naman - - sa lahat lahat ng airport na natutungtungan ko sa Asya — Pilipinas ang pinaka-kulelat… naawa ako sa bansa ko…………LECHE KAYONG MGA POLITICIAN KAYO!!!! ILABAS NINYO ANG MGA PINABU-BU-BULSA NINYO>> AT PAGAWA NYO AIRPORT!!!
haay - sori, mam, na-carried away ako.. tapos itong mga taga DLSU pa, pa-ista-istadi… buti sana kung napupunta sa PAGAWA NG AIRPORT yang mga tax na yan.. PAGLINIS NG KAPALIGIRAN SA TIN, at PAGBIGAY NG TRABAHO sa mga nasa lansangan…
EH HINDI EH - pinang-Ho-Hongkong ni ganire, Bangkok ni ganun, at kung ano ano pa…. istadi kaya nila kung pano tatanggalin ang corruption sa tin????
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June 1st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
ano ba yan mga usapan dito hindi ako maka-relate… nagdudugo ang ilong ko!
Mam bakasyon na gusto mong pu-mart-time ka opis meyt ka namin ni chuva sa PPP! Tara!
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June 1st, 2007 at 10:33 pm
@louvy gutierrez,
he he he! nautot yata ako nang kakatawa sayo! ang sarap basahin yong tipo bang andyan ka lang sa tabi! ha ha ha
datz rights kelangan ipamud mud ang storing to coz we want dot studi na doon lang sa DalaSala at wag makalagpas nang taff avenyu
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June 1st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
chuva,
welcum bak miss condi rice queen!
yeap, yong ninoy aquino airport is probably the worst airport i’ve ever seen in my whole life, no offense sa pagiging pinoy and dahil we had the privilege na makita yong mga comparison.
am sure alam yan nang mga artista, politico, mayaman but they don’t wanna fix it because it’s very expensive di ba
and the word expensive saatin has a completely different meaning
in otha words, pag $3.5million ang budget sa airport, tatapusin with an actual cost of $500,000 kasi yong $3.0 million eh kinurakot.
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June 1st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
@empress,
sinong tinitingala mo? me nakita ka naba?
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June 1st, 2007 at 10:38 pm
@kuta,
neks time, offer ka na nang credit card, para bitbit mo na lang parati swipe machine mo he he he!
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June 1st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
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June 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 am
si pokwang nakita ko nag iisip mabuti kung ano pede nya ibigay na good material for DelaSalle-ans para pag isipan mabuti as in case study vagah!
tinanong ko, “day! oh ano nakaisip ka na ba?”
reply nya “uu naman gid, ate…sa damo kong naisip bah, nagulo ang utak ko nabura lahat…kasi ang damo mang prublema ini sa pilipens”
nyahh ha,ha,ha….
sundot kong tanong,
e sa dami ba naman pokwang ano ung pinakamadali mong ma remember ulit, simula ka ulit sa jyoga eheste yoga mo…(typo error)
sagot ni pokwang sakin na kumakandirit kandirit pa
“eh ate, anu kaya ang lasa ng bato kung lagyan ng flevor? mag iba ba ng epikto sa tao, baka mawala ang bangenge epik nun? nyaa,ha,ha ulit. pero sa totoo lang, sa loob loob ko…bute pa ‘tong pokwang na ‘to me isip.
atsus!
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June 2nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
@louvy,
sa tindi ba naman nang hirap nang mga prends ko sa Floodway Executive Villages, magandang case study yan! he he he!
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June 3rd, 2007 at 2:48 am
gandang idea yan….pambenta ng mga guro sa department ob edyukeyshun! Por gibs! Bato wid pleybor, weeeee!!!!!!
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June 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 am
mahal yan, mabigat pag kinilo.
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June 3rd, 2007 at 7:26 am
hokey yang bato wid fleyvur…taz pwede recycle, babad lang uli sa new fleyvur na nabibili in packs taz lagay sa rep magdamag, kinabukasan mero na uling subo-subo maghapon!
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June 3rd, 2007 at 7:53 am
@ reynz
Je comprendre mon amie…..c’est pas normal, et c’est pas juste…sigh,sigh,sigh….
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June 3rd, 2007 at 7:56 am
what about this idea to give ‘em “end age,gender,religion discrimination at work in the Philippines” what cha think? Siguro po marami makikinabang dito da usapin na ‘to. nye, he,he.
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June 3rd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
meron article about this
http://davaotoday.com/2007/04/17/philippines-pimentel-seeks-scrapping-of-plan-to-tax-ofw-remittance/
ano ba resulta ng eleksyon?? ano kaya imumunkahi nila about this???
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June 3rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
naku talaga! they better not!!!
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June 3rd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
“they better not!!!” >>>what??
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June 3rd, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I mean, am glad to hear that he’s scrapping that plan - what i mean by what i said “better not pass taxing us!” you know, madami pa akong reregaluhan nang ref! pede ba!!!
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June 3rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
@louvy,
palpak na mon francais mon ami eh kasi nga inaway ko yong nag-iisang belgian friend ko with whom i can practice the language.
i remember, i memorized one french song. everytime i sing it in french, matitigbak nang kakatawa ang mga belgians. he he he para daw kasing nirape yong language nila he he he
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June 3rd, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Sheesh. Natawa ako sa idea. Haha. At medyo natawa din ako deep inside kasi Lasalle pa of all schools. Wala lang.
Moral of the story: if you plan to work abroad, take your family with you. haha
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June 3rd, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Thanks to ross - I thought all the while that this was just a De La Sall study - I did not know that this was already a Department of Finance proposal!!!
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PIMENTEL SEEKS SCRAPPING OF PLAN TO TAX REMITTANCES OF OFWs
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene†Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today strongly rejected a plan of the Department of Finance (DFA) to tax the foreign exchange remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Pimentel said OFWs should be entitled to tax exemption of the earnings they remit to their families back home to reward them for their contributions in stabilizing the national economy.
He said the dollar remittances of OFWs should be
treated differently from foreign investments which are given certain incentives by the government.
“The remittances of OFWs should be tax-free and
treated better than foreign investments that are given incentives. The money of OFWs stays in the
Philippines. While it is true that foreign investors bring money into the country, they repatriate their profits abroad,†Pimentel said.
He said the plan to tax OFW earnings also contradicts the government’s persistent claim that its revenue collection has dramatically increased.
Pimentel said the government should think of ways of repaying back to the OFWs for their sacrifices and for their regular dollar remittances, instead of punishing them with a tax imposition.
He said that the government may waive certain fees for OFWs like passport fee to ease their financial burden in seeking for employment abroad.
Pimentel said it is not uncommon to hear of workers selling or mortgaging their houses, farms or work animals in order to defray their expenses for overseas placement.
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June 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
heheh walang anuman inang Reynz!
alam mo namn kahit anong lawak at lalim ng dagat, lalangoyin ko para maibigay seo mga kailangan mong malaman…pede din pangbili ng ref!!!
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June 6th, 2007 at 1:11 am
I’ve never heard that DLSU condemned the graft and corruption perpetrated by those who are in power. They want more MONEY by taxing the remittances of the OFWs for those POWER AND MONEY GLOTONS in the government. Kawawa naman ang mga OFWs na di man lang matikman ang pera nakalaan sa kanila para repatration kapag sila’y nasa gipit na kalagayan sa ibang bansa at ang para sa legal assistance kapag sila’y inaabuso o napagbibintangan ng krimen sa ibang bansa. Bumababa na nga ang palitan ng dollar sa peso pero di naman bumababa ang presyo ng mga bilihin kayat ang kinikita ng OFWs ay hirap nang ipagkasya sa pangangailangan ng kanilang PAMILYA.
Hindi TAX na galing sa sa OFWs ang kailangan ng PILIPINAS kundi mga tapat na mga PINUNO NG SAMBYANAN NA MAGLILINGKOD PARA SA KAPAKANAN NG MGA MAMAMAYAN. Kailangaan natin ang Nationalist industrialization at national exploration of natural resources. Di kagaya ngayon na IBINIBIGAY NA SA MGA DAYUHAN ANG MGA LIKAS NA YAMAN NG BANSA PATI NA YAMAN NG AGRIKULTURA. Kailangan din natin ang isang makatutuhanan na LAND REFORM PROGRAM at hindi land convertion para sa pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan sa pagkain.
Ang alam ng DLSU ay isang bulok ng ekonomya na maglilikod lamang sa kapakanan ng mga mandarambong at di sa tunay na pangangailang ng mga mamamayan.
2T SALAMAT!!! MARAMING SALAMAT SA PAGKAKATAONG MAGPAHAYAG NA IPINAGKALOOB MO SA AKIN!!!
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June 6th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
@arsenio,
naku babatuhin ako nito ni kuta! sorry kutz! niyayari yong DLSU mo! he he he! *babulgam o*
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June 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Hanep naman itong 3 la salle economist (daw )mga utak prayle. Wala na ba kayo ibang maisip? Di na kayo naka tulong naka perwisyo pa. Kayo kaya mag ofw para maranasan nyo hirap namin. Sagot ko aifare nyo at placement fee. Just select the place you want NIGERIA OR IRAQ….Name it….If you survive for 2 years continue your proposal…
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June 7th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
@maglulupang ofw!
LUPEEETT! GRABE!!! he he he!
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June 9th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
naghahanap ako ng taga DLSU dito sa jeddah. balak ko isama sa pamimingwit sa red sea. kung aksidenteng malunod, wala akong kinalaman dun.
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June 9th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
he he he!
*arman ha?! kurutin ko singit mo! hindi ako nag-eencourage na gamitin mo silang pain sa pamimingwit mo anak ha? dahil masyadong mabigat na pain yan, baka mahulog ka. ikaw lang naman iniisip ko. at wala rin akong kinalaman sa kanila.
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June 9th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
naku, inang, pasensya ka na at sobrang busy…kakadalaw sa iba’t-ibang blogs…sumisilip…
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:52 pm
wla na ba sila manakaw sa kaban ng gobyerno? lumang tugtugin na yan. ang nagpapgalaw dyan ay nasa puwesto. gagamitin pa kunwari ang dlsu eh alam naman natin na nasa puwesto ang nasa likod niyan. oras na nagkaroon ng imbestigasyon para ting may lusot. walang awa itong mga buwitre o kaya mga buwayang nasa puwesto. dapat ninyo nga sanang tulungan ang mga ofw. wla na bang maisip itong mga hinayupak na ito. kaya nga sa kasabihan ang pinaka magandang trabaho sa pinas ay maging pulitikero. o bolero. nakaw dito o nakaw doon. dapat gumawa sila ng batas na ang mahuling magnanakaw sa gobyerno ay bitay para hindi pamarisan. tama na yang pag iimbestiga moro moro lang iyan. maglaro na lang kayo ng piko may pakinabang pa. gusto ninyong makahuli ng magnanakaw sa gobyerno? nasa bir public works police commanders teka muna nasa malakanyang pala unang una. aywan ko ba sasakit lang ang ulo sa mga hinayupak na ito. gusto ko man umuwi sa pinas. sa airport pa lang. lantaran na ang corruption. kilala namin kayong nasa likod niyan. tumigil na kayo. dahil kapag nagkaroon ulit ng imbestigasyon may lusot na naman kayo. sana kunin na kayo ni ulupong para mabawasan naman kahit isa lang.
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November 1st, 2007 at 4:15 pm
tingnan na lang ninyo sa tv. kapag may session ang kongreso. doon pa lang malalaman ninyong lokohan. kong hindi ba naman mga bastos eh. may nagsasalita sa harapan ang ginagawa ng karamihan ay nag t text naglalakad nagdadaldalan o kaya natutulog. talo pa sila ng grade one may disiplina. tama na rin ang pagsasalita nila ng english sa interbiyo. rong gramar na nga ang tigas pa. magtagalog na lang tayo. ipakita na ting ang pagiging pinoy. english tayo ng english hindi naman kapani paniwala dahil pango tayo pare pareho. kapag kaharap mo pango tagalog ang salita natin. kapag ibang lahi doon lang tayo magsalita ng english. puro yabang alam na nga na hindi makapagsalita ng english iyong ibang pinoy. kinakausap pa ng inglisssshjh. tanga na ang iba sa atin lalo pang tinatanga tanga. sama ng ugali……..sana hindi kayo isa sa mga sinasabi ko.
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