By Karen Galarpe

PRETTY SOON, you might want to think twice about sending that text message.

On a committee level, a bill in Congress has been approved that will impose a 5-centavo tax on every text message, picture, audio and video file sent. See story here.

The bill is not a law yet, but with the government standing to raise P20- to P36-billion a year from such a tax, it may look like the bill will be made into law, unless consumers make themselves heard.
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