As All Souls' Day draws nearer, a lawmaker warned the public that the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, coupled with the skyrocketing inflation rate, affects not just the living but even the dead. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said the rise in prices of goods had not only eroded the public's purchasing power but had also increased the cost of dying. "Hindi lang mga buhay ang nasasagasaan ng TRAIN, pero pati mga patay na rin. Sa minimum ay tumaas ng P1,000 ang funeral services sa ngayon, hindi pa kasama dito ang kabaong, lupa sa sementeryo at mismong pagpapalibing," he said in a statement. (Not only are the living being run over by TRAIN, but the dead are, t...
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