The Philippine Post Office (PHLPost) released on Saturday, Nov. 3, a new stamp collection featuring the country's 10 world-renowned icons as a tribute to the indomitable Filipino spirit. (Photo from Philippine Post Office) The new collection is under the "Living Legends: World-Renowned Filipinos,"...
In celebration of a technological breakthrough that energizes water, Rajo Laurel presents an ode to biomorphic forms in his 2021 holiday collection Fluid is Rajo Laurel’s 2021 holiday collection, fluid like water that flows. Each piece is shaped as if by the forces of nature, blown by the wind,...
Collections of the government’s two main tax agencies surpassed the P2-trillion mark in the first nine months of the year, nearing the pre-pandemic level, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported Friday, Oct. 22. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said tax haul of the Bureau of Internal...
DISSECTING A SUB Holiday Turkey sandwich With the unpredictability of lockdown rules, it has been difficult for restaurants to stay afloat. Last year, people were saying that if you survived 2020, you would have already made a profit. No one predicted that the pandemic would extend to the entire...
MILLION DOLLAR WHISKY Decades No. 6 Collection Last month, The Dalmore, through its master distiller Richard Paterson, unveiled a series of six single malts to mark the luxury whisky brand’s 180-year-strong legacy. The Decades No. 6 Collection consists of six decanters, particularly the 1951,...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for September 2021 after posting a record-breaking actual collection of P59.9 billion, the agency said Friday, Oct. 1. (Photo courtesy of NAIA-BOC) The bureau disclosed that the "highest monthly collection recorded to date" is...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has cancelled the P3-million belated deficiency tax assessment slapped by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) againts a car parking company. (Photo from PNA) In an 18-page resolution, the court's third division stated that the BIR's final assessment notice (FAN) and...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for July 2021 by over P4.4 billion after posting an actual collection of P58.183 billion, the agency said Monday, August 2. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) The bureau collected an excess of P4.432 billion, which is...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has cancelled the P112-million deficiency tax assessment issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against a marketing firm, saying the claim has no "legal and factual bases". (Photo from PNA) The court's third division said that the final assessment notice (FAN)...
“It’s unfortunate many motorists were caught in traffic last Monday. We apologize for the inconvenience," San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang said in a statement issued this afternoon (July 14) after the congestion at Skyway 3 on the first day the operator collected toll fees....
Skyway Stage 3 expressway motorists nearly halved from an average of 100,000 to around 60,000 as its operator started charging toll Monday (July 12). Skyway 3 has a capacity for 200,000 vehicles per day. However, Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corp. officials expect the numbers will return to...
Franz Palisoc is an architecture graduate from the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture. During the pandemic, he decided to play a role in the family business which is involved in the plant trade business. Rona’s Garden was established back in 1970 by Palisoc’s grandfather,...
