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Exactly a day before Election Day, May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 8, held the final testing and sealing (FTS) of vote-counting machines (VCMs) at around 170 polling precincts in Cotabato City. Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start the conduct of the final testing and sealing of the vote counting machines (VCMs) for the May 9 polls this week. Comelec/MB In a forum on Sunday, May 1, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the purpose of the FTS is to check if the VCMs are...

Days before the start of the month-long overseas voting, Philippine posts abroad have started conducting the Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the vote counting machines. Comelec/MB These Philippine embassies and consulates that have conducted or set to conduct the FTS are the following: Bangkok...

The Department of Finance (DOF) has instructed the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to pursue discussions with Russian tax officials on further improving the Philippines’ tax administration system through digitalization. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Thursday,...

Officials of the  Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia have met recently to discuss the latter’s best practices that could be applied in the Philippines to further improve its tax administration and compliance.  On orders of Finance...