Some 16 local and foreign business groups have strongly urged for the immediate enactment of the proposed Financial Consumer Protection (FCP) Act, which seeks to protect consumers amidst the growing complexity in financial services, especially digital services. In a statement the business group...
Foreign and local business groups in the country have urged the passage of 17 priority bills by the 18th Congress during its third and final session year that will commence on July 26. The letter sent to President Rodrigo Duterte was signed by 15 business groups, including eight Philippine...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down the petition of a foreign cigarette company to get back from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) more than P305 million in advance excise tax payments due to its failure to submit complete tax refund documents. (Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/ Unsplash)...
Today’s celebration of Philippine-American Friendship Day evolved from the previous years’ observance of the fourth of July as Independence Day. This day in 1946 marked the end of US sovereignty: the American flag was lowered just as the Philippine flag was raised in a ceremony at the Luneta....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested an American woman wanted by federal authorities in the United States (US) for defying a court order in a child custody case. (Photo from Bureau of Immigration Facebook page) Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Cyndi Mamuad Mesina, 54, was nabbed...
The United States government has lowered its travel restriction to the Philippines to Level 3, a notch lower from Level 4, the highest of its four travel categories. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC website) “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
At least seven industry groups in the Philippines are calling for the liberalization of agriculture sector to secure food supplies. The groups, led by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (AmCham) and Cold Chain Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CCAP), said they...
Internet sensation and mother-and-son tandem does it again with their endearing and funny TikTok videos. This time, Mama Lulu shows her son Oliver her purchases from Target as she gets ready for gay pride next month. With the caption, " When your Mom takes being an LGBTQ+ ally very seriously ..."...
Our Broadway star honored by a child at American pay TV channel Universal Kids for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month A VISION OF THE FUTURE IN THE EYES OF THE YOUNG Lea Salonga, art by Oteph Antipolo I woke up this morning with my phone ringing. It was Ligaya Salonga calling. I answered right...
Following the approval by the House Committee on Transportation on House Bill 8700, amending the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), business groups also recommended that the Senate file a counterpart measure and initiate hearings on the reform with a view to approving it by the end...
Filipino-American Char McGinnis was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force just in time for the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), the United States Embassy in Manila said in a post on Twitter Saturday, May 8. Filipino-American Lt. Col. Char McGinnis...
Chris Martin will mentor on "American Idol." As a Mother’s Day special, "American Idol" is doing a Coldplay-themed episode. Said episode is set for airing this May 9. The long-running singing competition, is already on its nineteenth season. The current season premiered in February and is now...
