A total of 108 Civil Service Commission (CSC) field offices participated in the recently-concluded 2023 Field Directors Conference, equipping its field directors with new methods and strategies in leadership needed to address challenges on the ground. The assembly, conducted at the Development...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will begin accepting applications on June 5 for the gun ban exemption, three months before the election period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. "For the first time, we will be opening the...
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s largest tax agency, has intensified its anti-smuggling campaign in the first quarter of the year resulting in the filing of 65 criminal complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said Wednesday,...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has no plan to extend the deadline for the filing of annual income tax return (AITR) due to its possible impact on funding programs of the government. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said deadline for the payment and filing of 2022 AITR...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon couldn't help but tease the BTS fanatics among her followers upon visiting a veritable shrine of Jungkook in her native province. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon poses with a standee of Jungkook. (Twitter) "Ang init pero dito lami sa BTS Army...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon has reminded certain colleges that it's unlawful to force their students to enroll in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program. Guanzon discussed this issue in a series of tweets after some students allegedly reached out to her. "To some Colleges :...
Malacañang has appointed former Court of Appeals (CA) associate justice Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa as a new commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Thursday, March 23. The announcement on Twitter came with a photo of Zenarosa taking...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has warned accountants against tax dodging, urging them to ensure their clients are paying the correct taxes to the government. In a statement Tuesday, March 21, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said the bureau’s enforcement activities will be...
The Bureau of Customs announced the creation of an advisory council that will engage all stakeholders, like the private sector, in formulating strategies for the government’s second largest tax agency. In a statement on Monday, March 20, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the advisory...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon busted another nerve on Twitter after getting wind of news that sugar was in "short supply". As usual, Guanzon didn't mince her words on the topic as she felt that it was all a set-up to justify the importation of sugar. "Milling season ngayon ng sugar . Paano...
For P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon, the agricultural math simply doesn't allow for rice to be sold at P20 per kilo. "Paano.magiging P20 ang bigas kung ang fertilizer more than 3K per bag ? #mgainutil (How can rice retail for P20 per kilo if fertilizers cost more than 3K per bag?)" Guazon...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, is leaving no stone unturned to catch taxpayers and businesses that are using fictitious receipts. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said Thursday, March 16, that taxpayers and businesses caught with illegal receipts...
