The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for June 2021 by over P5 billion after posting an actual collection of P52.447 billion, the agency said Thursday, July 1. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The bureau recorded...
The incidence of stunting among Filipino children had been showing improvements--until the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic happened in 2020 and messed everything up. Children line up during a feeding program initiated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Ormoc City, Leyte on May 27, 2021....
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has welcomed the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) results wherein the country posted its second lowest unemployment rate in the time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo/...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran has defended the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) request for an additional budget to address its backlog of 18 million new motorcycle plates by 2022. DOTr Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran (File photo/ Screengrab...
Three importers are facing charges of smuggling for allegedly bringing in misdeclared goods such as cigarettes and onions in the country. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases against the erring...
At least 31 illegal wildlife traders have been arrested between March 2020 and May 2021, or practically since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. CAGED--Umbrella cockatoos have been among the species recovered by DENR agents from illegal wildlife traders who continue to ply their...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is set to inaugurate Thursday, July 1, the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) under the East Extension project. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) President...
An "unclaimed and overstaying parcel" at Philpost Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) turned out to contain 44 wildlife species, mostly arachnids. (Photo from BOC) Recovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) operatives from the parcel on Wednesday,...
Should economic zone-based business process outsourcing (BPO) companies implementing a work-from-home (WFH) scheme get tax incentives? The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thinks so. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) According to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Information Technology and...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that fully vaccinated passengers from 57 countries considered as low risk by health authorities are entitled to a shorter quarantine period of seven days upon their arrival in the Philippines. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
Don't you wish you knew the pump fuel prices at a specific gasoline station before even going there? (Photo from DOE Facebook page) Motorists will have this convenience soon thanks to a partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and motorcycle taxi riding service Angkas. The partnership...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has cancelled the P105-million deficiency tax assessment slapped by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against an Angeles City-based petroleum company for the failure of the former to observe the mandatory procedure for issuing tax assessments. (Photo from BIR...
