Senator Risa Hontiveros said the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should revoke the order imposing a 25 percent tax increase on private schools as this may only displace more students should these institutions are forced to close due to increased economic pressure due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was elated with the recent arrival of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were procured by the private sector, as it will further bulk up the country's jab supply. A total of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac-Sinovac vaccines from China arrived at NAIA in Pasay...
A group asked the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, June 15, to show compassion to over 1,000 teachers who are about to “lose their jobs” when their teaching licenses expire. (JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) ACT-Private Schools, a nationwide organization of academic and...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the measure that seeks to put a stop to a government policy imposing higher tax on private schools and hospitals. Committee chairman and Albay Representative Joel Salceda presided over the panel meeting that approved the consolidation of House...
It seems that Malacañang is unlikely to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) rule imposing higher corporate income tax on private schools in the country for now. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque declared Thursday that the Palace supports...
House lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on why it accepted funding from the Bloomberg external international groups, in exchange for the issuance of pre-defined policies against the tobacco industry, which is prohibited under the law. During the House Committee...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III blasted private hospitals in the Philippines on Monday, June 7 for supposedly driving away home-grown nurses to countries abroad because of their "exploitative" practices. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) In an online press...
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...
