THE non-passage of the Duterte administration’s tax reform bill won’t derail the government’s planned infrastructure projects, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday. In such an event [that the Tax Reform bill is not passed], the implementation of the projects will continue because there will be mitigating measures. “If we would wait for the money [form tax reform], the projects will not be finished or half-finished. Diokno, however, remains hopeful that the tax reform bill we be approved in the Senate. We can’t go on complaining that there’s traffic jam, there’s lack of healthcare, and yet we do not want to pay more taxes,” Diokno said.

Source: Manila Times July 26, 2017 09:56 UTC