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...
At least four United Nations (UN) entities will work hand-in-hand with the Philippine government to implement a three-year capacity building and technical cooperation program for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country. (L to R) UN Representative to the Philippines Gustavo...
President Duterte warned human rights advocates that they might find their names in the list of police informants if he made public the country’s anti-drug records. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on June 14, 2021. (Malacañang photo) In his taped public address on Monday...
ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants going beyond the time allowance prescribed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a Congressional hearing on...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to share pertinent documents related to his administration’s controversial anti-illegal drug operations for public scrutiny is not surprising and only shows that he has much to hide, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Friday. “He is afraid of the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, June 2 said the Supreme Court itself has ruled that records of the bloody anti-drug war campaign do not have any national security implications. Thus, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is duty bound to disclose its records and follow the SC...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque maintained that the ongoing police investigations into the deaths related to the country’s drug war are not part of the sharing of information agreement between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Presidential spokesperson...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday, June 1, signed a joint memorandum circular with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Philippine National Police (PNP) to clarify the guidelines on the implementation of COVID-19 safety measures and the liabilities of violators...
The coronavirus vaccines are distributed for free in the country. Las Pinas City residents wait for their turn to get vaccinated at a vaccination hub inside a shopping mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte made the assurance after warning about the possible charges...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, May 30, was all praises to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar for opening for review of at least 61 cases in the bloody war on drugs, which began during President Duterte’s term. “Parang si (It’s like) General Eleazar (is)...
Vice President Leni Robredo welcomed the decision of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to finally share with the Department of Justice (DOJ) their records on the administration's bloody drug war, almost five years after the campaign started. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila...
The guidelines for the arrest of violators of COVID-19 protocols are expected to be released on May 31, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Saturday, May 29. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Photo courtesy of DILG) DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson...
