The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of Sankyu-ATS Consortium-B against the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for P2.5 million tax refund for alleged excess and unutilized input value-added tax (VAT) for the fourth quarter of 2018. Sankyu-ATS, a logistics services firm, filed on...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s common-law wife, Honeylet Avanceña, has appealed for consideration for the detained 80-year-old former chief executive, who is currently detained in the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague, Netherlands. Supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte hold a prayer...
It’s been one month since former president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and brought to The Hague in the Netherlands to face the crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection to his administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign. Former president...
TACLOBAN CITY – Kerwin Espinosa said he is ready to testify before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands over former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. "With what happened to me, whatever happens, I am ready," Albuera, Leyte mayoral candidate Kerwin said on Friday, a...
Amid the brewing tension between Senator Imee Marcos and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero over a contempt order against a resource person in the hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, April 11, called for “cooler heads” and a...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero told Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 11, not to use the Senate as a platform for her political objectives and instead urge her to use her name, title, and influence as a bridge toward unity, not a wedge for division. Senate President Francis "Chiz"...
Senator Imee Marcos expressed her disappointment after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero refused to sign a contempt order against one of the resource persons during a Senate panel inquiry that she led on Thursday, April 10. Senator Imee Marcos presides over the Senate Committee on Foreign...
Had the Philippines been still a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), former president Rodrigo Duterte could have been entitled to an extradition process instead of being surrendered. Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla (Mark Balmores) But this was not the...
In a significant move, the defense for former president Rodrigo Duterte has submitted a detailed critique of victim participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings, calling for stricter identification requirements and unified legal representation. ICC photos In a four-page...
Twenty former employees of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) or Veterans Golf Club (VGC) have been ordered paid by the Commission on Audit (COA) a total of P3.69 million for their accumulated vacation and sick leaves from 2004 to 2011. While 48 members of VMMC/VGC filed their petitions...
​Another lawyer will form the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the crime against humanity he is facing before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC, according to its document dated April 7, appointed Dov Jacobs to assist the defense team as associate counsel in...
Malacañang does not see the need for the Philippine Senate to submit its findings to US President Donald Trump regarding the owner of the aircraft that carried former president Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague, as suggested by Senator Bato dela Rosa. Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
