The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) opened its first regional Matalinong Panonood (MP) Center in the Visayas region on May 20. From the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board Facebook page This new MP Center, located at Crown Regency Hotel along Fuente...
The government lost billions of pesos in power subsidies and tax incentives to now-defunct Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. (HHIC-Phil), the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) said. In a statement Tuesday, June 7, Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Head...
The Professional Foresters Licensure Examination (PFLE) will no longer be held on August 2022, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Monday, June 6. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) PRC, in an advisory, said that it has rescheduled the PFLE from August 2022 to Oct. 26 to 27, 2022,...
GROCERY store workers take a break in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Days before a minimum wage increase across Western Visayas or Region 6 takes effect, five major business groups in Iloilo City, Iloilo, and Capiz have appealed for a lower daily rate. The Iloilo...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has instructed all investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to submit a copy of the schedule of rates for their various services relating to the grant and administration of tax incentives. In a statement, Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Head...
SINGAPORE DELIGHTS Clockwise from top left: Fried Pomfret with Taucheo, Chap Chye, Curry Yong Tau Fu, and Wagyu Rendang at One Kind House My affair with Singapore is a slow burn. And yet, although I consider Hong Kong my gateway to the world, it was to Singapore that I first went on a work trip....
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has approved the grant of tax incentives to the P17-billion US-funded Project AGILA, which seeks to redevelop and operate the Hanjin shipyard in the Subic Bay freeport zone. In a statement, Tuesday, May 10, FIRB said the project was granted special...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo has sealed major endorsements from key political figures in Surigao del Norte a week before the May 9 elections. Surigao del Norte Gov. Francisco "Lalo" Matugas signs a pink surfboard as proof of support for VP Leni Robredo. (Photo from Leni...
Four and a half years after the end of the five-month long Marawi siege in May to October 2017, Congress has passed Republic Act No. 11696, the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act. The law provides compensation to those whose kin were killed, as well as those whose properties were destroyed in...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), on Friday, April 29, released the results of the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) given by the Board of Professional Teachers in March 2022. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) In an official statement, PRC said that 10,039 elementary teachers out of 20,567...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is not bowing down to pressure as the interagency body stood firm on its decision that the work-from-home (WFH) setup for registered information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) firms was only temporary. In a statement on Thursday, April 28,...
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in its latest advisory, announced it is reviewing its passenger fuel surcharge policy for domestic and international flights. In the meantime, the current Level 4 passenger fuel surcharge, which is normally fixed for two months, stays in place for just one month,...
