Drilon seeks ban of Chinese firm for failure to pay taxes

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Oct 20, 2021 4:21 pm

SENATE Minority Franklin Drilon said a Chinese state-owned firm should be banned from doing business in the Philippines for non-payment of income taxes in violation of the country's National Internal Revenue Code.

The senator was referring to Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group which bagged about P2.23 billion worth of contracts from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) but did not pay the mandated income taxes.

Minority Leader Franklin Drilon

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