Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. vowed to conduct "no let up" tax enforcement operations to hit the P2.6 trillion collection target for the year. The BIR chief made the pledge during the launching of the agency's 2023 tax drive at the Philippine International...
Globe Telecom Inc. ended 2022 with ₱158.0 billion consolidated service revenues, a modest 4 percent increase year-on-year, resulting in net income of ₱34.6 billion or 46 percent higher than 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Feb. 7, Globe noted that the year 2022...
The Muntinlupa City government was recognized during the recent 2022 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Audit Awards held by the Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR). Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac presented to Mayor Ruffy Biazon the certificate of...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PAGASA’S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE) Grab your camera, telescope, or binocular as a rare comet will begin its closest approach to Earth in February. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will...
By NIKOLE JAVIER Alex Eala outlasted Kristine Dmitruk of Belarus, 6-2, 7-5, to barge into the main draw of the Thailand Open on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the True Arena in Hua Hin. Alex Eala needed to win two matches to enter the Thailand Open main draw round. (From Thailand Open Facebook page) The...
The Philippine Statistics Authority’s announcement that the country achieved a 7.6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 affirms that, despite high inflation rates, the economy is on track in regaining its pre-Covid pandemic footing. This improves on the 5.7 percent growth in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Jan. 27 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam filed by former Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the Resolution of the Commission Special Second Division. MB file photo In...
ILOILO CITY – Boracay earned P32.2 billion from 1.75 million domestic and foreign tourists who visited the world-famous resort-island in Malay, Aklan in 2022. THE Sun sets at world-famous Boracay Island in November 2022. The island-resort earned P32.2 billion from 1.75 million tourists in 2022....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has credited the country’s higher-than-expected full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2022 to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s leadership and decision-making. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) “Under the able leadership...
DOH A total of 589 measles cases were recorded across the country in 2022, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. This figure posted a 186 percent increase as compared to the year 2021 where only 206 cases were logged, the DOH report showed. Calabarzon registered the most number of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for holding what he described as "the best election in the world" during the May 9, 2022 national polls. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Romualdez gave...
Over two million Filipino active users spent 75,305 hours — equivalent to nine years — in digital lending applications on 2022 alone, according to consumer credit service Digido report released Monday, January 23. The ten digital lending platforms operating in the Philippines with applications...
