00:00Ah, malaking usapin yan, nage-headline po yan na nababasa din po ng inyong lingkod.
00:05Kasi no less than the Chairperson of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Honorable Congressman Miro Kimbo,
00:13and even in the Senate na pag-uusapan din po, yung pagtaas ng taxes on, well, kasama yung vape and
00:21cigarettes,
00:22pero yung napanggit mo, yung sugar-sweetened villages.
00:25Doon sa pagkasabi, it's in response to the lowering of the income taxes na binanggit ng ating amahal na Pangulo.
00:34And that's good. Pero maganda yung tanong mo, kasi dadagdag ng boses ang National Nutrition Council,
00:40there is scientific evidence na kapag ang buwis sa mga unhealthy food ay tumaas,
00:47ang behavior ng ating mga kababayan ay nagbabago.
00:50So, sa mga tuwit, halimbawa, kung ikaw ay bata, hindi ka pa nakatigim ng matamis na soft drink,
00:58pag nakita mo yung presyo ng isang bote na soft drink ay kakainin yung bawon mo na pera,
01:04mapapaisip ka eh, baka may iba ka pang gustong bilhin.
01:06So, the hope is you will choose water, which is still the best, or fruit juices.
01:13Huwag yung concentrated, yung usually, or whole fruits, sabi nila,
01:17kung may kanila ng fruitas, kung gusto mo ng fruit juice, whole fruits.
01:19Having said that, kaaway pa ng NNC, ang sugar-seated beverage hindi.
01:24Kaya nga, ang sinasabi, hindi bawal, pero dapat may karampatang buwis.
01:29Saan ba gagamitin yung buwis na ito?
01:31In the case of sugar-seated beverages, kami po, humbly, we propose,
01:36ibigay po natin yan sa nutrition programs.
01:39Ang budget ng National Nutrition Council sa ngayon is roughly around 300 to 400 million pesos all in per year.
01:47Okay, kamakailan lang po, nagkaroon ng hiling sa Senate,
01:50pinanukala na sana maging National Nutrition Commission ang ating NNC para mas magkaroon ng mandate,
01:57mas magkaroon ng, kumbaga, administrative supervision over all agencies.
02:02And, kung mamarapatin kahit a small portion dahil malaki po ang sugar-seated beverage tax,
02:07makakatulong po yun para yung mating mga healthy foods,
02:11yung mga bukit natin, yung mga gulay at prutas,
02:14yan yung pababahin natin yung presyo.
02:16I don't know how, ibang kamihin yan kasi mahabang usama yan,
02:20pero magbigin naman ng sound bites.
02:21Baka yun ang pwedeng ating resulta pag tinaas natin yung presyo
02:26through taxation of sugar-seated beverages.
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