Atty. Randy Bisa Blanza

Bridging the divide: Accountants and politics

March 08, 2025 2:54 am

It’s that time of year again, when we choose our leaders for national and local positions. May 2025 elections are right around the corner. The 90-day campaign period for senatorial candidates and party-list groups kicked off last Feb. 11, 2025. The glaring question from ordinary observers is: where are the accountants?

Revisiting the Supreme Court’s rulings on the delegation of power

August 23, 2024 3:26 am

What Congress has delegated can no longer be further delegated or redelegated by the original delegate to another.

Amendments to the Philippines Accountancy Law

June 22, 2024 8:03 am

It’s been 20 years since Republic Act No. 9298, otherwise known as the Philippine Accountancy Act of 2004” was enacted and implemented. Twenty years ago, artificial intelligence was nonexistent. Matters of sustainability, ethics and governance, international collaborations, and many other aspects of accountancy practice were all in their infancy stages and nowhere had a substantial impact on the area of public practice. 

Philippine accountancy going beyond boundaries

February 12, 2024 3:05 am

It’s an exciting time for the practice of accountancy in the Philippines!

For the past six months, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), the national organization of CPAs in the Philippines, have slowly but surely re-established its status as one of the global leaders in the accountancy profession.