Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, June 7, expressed support for the passage of the bill seeks to correct the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) supposed misinterpretation of the law modifying taxes imposed on private educational institutions. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) awarded a total of P3,594,314.94 in cash reward on Monday, June 7, to 16 civilian informants who provided information that led to the confiscation of “voluminous’’ amounts of illegal drugs and arrest of the high-value drug personalities under its...
Deputy House Speaker Representative Rufus Rodriguez is pushing for a bill that would clarify an existing provision on tax perks granted to educational institutions under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) allegedly...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has shrugged off appeals to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation increasing the tax rate on private education institutions. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations’...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to “have a heart” and spare private schools from a 150 percent increase in income tax. Binay said the BIR should withdraw its Revenue Regulation No. 5-2021 which seeks to impose higher income tax on so-called proprietary...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, June 5, called on the Senate to exercise its oversight function and look into the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) regulation seeking to increase the tax rate of private schools. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate on March 23,...
The Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has appealed for President Duterte’s intervention to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation increasing their tax rate. In an open letter dated June 4, 2021 released by COCOPEA, about 600 private schools and...
Various private education stakeholders have appealed to President Duterte to intervene as they seek to reverse the provisions in the revenue regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which seeks to increase the tax rate of private schools. (PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) A petition signed by...
Vaccination sites set up by private firms in Makati City will be required by the city government to abide by the standards set by the Department of Health (DOH), Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said on Friday (June 3). (Mayor Abby Binay/My Makati Facebook page) The City Council, according to Binay,...
Senators have called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to rescind its regulation that increasing the tax rate on schools to 25 percent. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Joel Villanueva referred to the BIR's Revenue Regulation 5-2021...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay We seem to be hearing more bad news than good news these days, and these do not bode well for government’s optimistic scenario of a jumpstarted economy by the second quarter of the year. The scenario is dependent on two factors. One is the...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan A farmer friend posted a meme of a sign on a farm that said in Tagalog: “Visitors are coming! Lock up your plants!” Something a lot of farmers deal with that isn’t talked about a lot is petty theft. We’re not talking about sacks of produce or fertilizer or a bunch...
