Corporate income tax collection takes center stage in the second round of the government’s tax reform initiative. Following up on the previous administration’s collected data from the Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act (TIMTA), the aim is to reform 360 laws that grant businesses tax breaks and other incentives, as well as plug loopholes. Reforms…
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THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Davao said Monday, January 29, that indigent social pensioners will be receiving P200 more in monthly social pension, from P500 to P700 starting this year. DSWD-Davao Director Mercedita Jabagat bared last week that all pensioners will be given P200 more monthly pension following the directive of the national…
Published January 30, 2018, 12:10 AM By Mario B. Casayuran and Hannah L. Torregoza WRITTEN REQUEST – Barred from speaking, former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon holds up a handwritten note asking permission for a bathroom break from an exasperated Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon (right). (Jansen Romero) Senator Panfilo M. Lacson revealed on…
(UPDATED) Rappler’s petition for review cites procedural and substantive processes which were violated, and points out how Rappler’s PDRs were singled out Published 7:21 PM, January 29, 2018 Updated 12:25 AM, January 30, 2018 PETITION FOR REVIEW. Rappler’s counsel from the firm ACCRALAW files the petition for review before the Court of Appeals on January…
MANILA, Philippines — There is no guarantee that the relaunched “tokhang” will not result in bloodshed, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director Ronald dela Rosa said yesterday. At Malacañang, presidential spokesman Harry Roque expressed hope the police “have learned from their experience” and would try their best to make sure community anti-drug operations or Oplan…
Published January 29, 2018, 10:00 PM By Madelaine B. Miraflor Big multinational firms were among the companies in the country that Senator Cynthia Villar mentioned when she discussed about solid waste and how these firms have been contributing to the worsening garbage problem in the country. MB File–Senator Cynthia Villar Villar, who chairs the Senate…
DOJ clears the cops’ station commander Chief Inspector Amor Cerillo ‘because there was the absence of conspiracy’ Published 3:58 PM, January 29, 2018 Updated 4:03 PM, January 29, 2018 FACING CHARGES. Caloocan policemen PO1 Jeremias Pereda, PO1 Jerwin Cruz, and PO3 Arnel Oares attend the Senate hearing on Kian delos Santos’ case on August 24,…