Starting August 25, the voter registration will start from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday to Friday. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (Photo from Rowena V. Guanzon / Facebook page/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon announced this on Wednesday, Aug. 18....
Warning to those who will try vote buying via the electronic payment system in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said this can be traced. "I heard about this sort of a Gcash system, and I talked about this with the UP school economics alumni, and I...
The Insurance Commission (IC) wants to remove variable insurance products from the list of mutual fund schemes to avoid increasing costs for consumers and defeating the goal of financial inclusion for all Filipinos. Sec. Dominguez and Comm. Funa In a letter to Finance Secretary and Capital Market...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed several complaints against suspected tax evaders before the Department of Justice (DOJ) involving billions of pesos in estimated tax liabilities in the first half of the year. BIR In a report submitted to the Department of Finance (DOF), BIR Deputy...
There are nearly six million registrants for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB On Twitter, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said there are already 5,727,223 new registrants as of August 13. She said more voters may be able to vote in the next elections if deactivated...
The reactivation of voter registration records via email will soon be allowed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB On Facebook, Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that "reactivation of voters, who failed to vote in two consecutive elections, will soon be through email this month." She...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not extending the voter registration for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB On Twitter, Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said the deadline for the voter registration is still Sept. 30. "Deadline: Sept. 30. No extension," she said. In a statement, the poll...
A second batch of smuggled red onions believed to be a part of an ongoing large-scale agricultural smuggling activity was recently intercepted at the Port of Subic. DEJA VU--Another shipment of onions worth P45 million--declared as chapati bread--were seized at the Port of Subic. (Photo courtesy of...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager said the country’s recovery efforts from pandemic has no room for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, to fail in raising much-needed revenues. After the bureau addressed the tax issues involving the prizes given to...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for July 2021 by over P4.4 billion after posting an actual collection of P58.183 billion, the agency said Monday, August 2. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) The bureau collected an excess of P4.432 billion, which is...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is exploring ways to reactivate over six million deactivated voters. Comelec/MB On Twitter, Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said the En Banc will study if they can use online to revalidate or restore all names of those who failed to vote twice in...
Counterfeit luxury brand items, "ukay-ukay" (used clothing), and undocumented face masks worth P2.3 billion were recently uncovered from a warehouse in Mayzan, Valenzuela City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said. FAKE!-- Various counterfeit bags and clothes bearing brands such as Nike, Louis Vuitton,...
