Barbie Imperial is among celebrities very much active on social media. She loves how the platform allows her to interact with fans. It goes without saying that she also has experienced the ill-effects of the same. Some fans often use social media to directly harass celebrities. Then there are those...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and social media influencers and other digital workers have been asked to chill and give way to dialogue in addressing the taxation controversy that have put them at loggerheads. Axie Infinity Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles aired the appeal as he...
A couple, who reportedly raked in multi-million pesos from video blogging (vlogging), abruptly deleted their social media channel in what the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officials believe to be an attempt to avoid paying taxes. Based on the initial investigation of the BIR, the couple earned...
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael T.Defensor has asked the Lower House leadership to summon executives of social media giant Facebook Inc. to respond to questions about its controversial censorship guidelines. Rep Mike Defensor Defensor has filed House Resolution No. 2112 proposing a...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched an all-out investigation against monetized social media influencers (SMIs) or vloggers who do not pay taxes from their huge income. (Photo by Dewang Gupta/ Unsplash) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay ordered regional directors and district officers...
Fake news, riding on the power of social media, brought thousands of people to vaccination centers early morning of August 5. They were “convinced” to line up for vaccination by the news that only the vaccinated can claim the ‘ayuda’ (cash aid) from the government, as the unvaccinated will...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) would dig deep into the world of marketing to unearth social media influencers who are earning huge income without paying taxes, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. BIR LOGO Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said Tuesday, August 17, that the issuance...
I often refrain from joining the conversation when they’re ranting about social media. I mean it’s so, like, 2009, over 10 years ago. I must have first joined Facebook in the mid-2000s and, by 2010, I might have had enough time trying to decide exactly what I felt about Mark Zuckerberg’s...
He has millions following his every move on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Still, Daniel Padilla is not too eager to use these platforms as much. What gives? Well, according to the actor-singer, the whole thing still feels unnatural for him. "It’s not natural. Hindi ko kaya, nahihirapan ako,” he...
Some 800 farmers and young Filipinos are set to take up in-depth digital literacy trainings through the Digital Farmers Program (DFP) 102 that will take place next month. FARMERS GO DIGITAL -- A farmer-youth tandem completes the hands-on activity on smartphone familiarization under the Digital...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija had a witty comeback for a supposed traffic violator who requested to be let off the hook on the ground that he was an avid 'follower' of the former. MMDA traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija (Photo from Nebrija's...
A think tank head said on Saturday, July 17, that potential candidates for the May 2022 polls don’t need a troll army, but they need volunteers like ordinary people who will fight back against the trolls. Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit, president of Stratbase Albert Del Rosario Institute for...
