BTS (left) and Megan Thee Stallion (Big Hit Music, Instagram) “Love you alll. BUTTER REMIX 8.27,” Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion, aka Megan Pete, posted on Instagram after emerging victorious when a Texas court granted her request for a temporary restraining order against her label on Aug....
Militant fishers' group Pambansang Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) denounced on Wednesday, Aug. 25, President Duterte's acceptance of his nomination by the PDP-Laban to be its candidate for vice president in 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "He did accept the nomination, the...
A Quezon City (QC) court has quashed the search warrants issued by another city court against two National Democratic Front (NDF) peace talks staff due to inconsistencies in a witness' statements. QC Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 177 Judge Ferdinand Baylon issued a resolution dated August 13...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a total of 84 criminal charges against suspected tax cheats before the Department of Justice (DOJ) during the first half of 2021 for refusal to settle tax debts amounting to P3.1 billion. (Photo by Roth Melinda/ Unsplash) The BIR also padlocked 274 firms...
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...
PARIS, France -- France's highest constitutional body on Thursday approved the measures proposed by the government to extend the use of the health pass to a wider range of public places, and make vaccination for health workers mandatory. People are seen at a reopened cinema in Paris, France, on May...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a memorandum directing all its personnel to use body-worn cameras (BWCs) while serving search or arrest warrants in compliance with the rules set by the Supreme Court, a move seen as a milestone for transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has nullified the almost P4-million deficiency tax assessment of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against a supplier of industrial equipment after the agency failed to follow the correct audit procedure. (Photo from PNA) The court's third division stated that the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has rejected the P4.4-million tax refund petition of Philippine Airlines (PAL) for the importation of cigarettes and liquor for its in-flight and commissary supplies. (Photo from Philippine Airlines Facebook page) PAL paid the amount in 2012 and 2013, but did so under...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Aug. 1 said the President’s ever-changing and shifting stance on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) validates the Senate's position that foreign policy should be a shared power and responsibility between the President and the Senate. Drilon, a...
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)...
President Duterte on Monday said the Philippines is not yet a "competent and able enemy” to go to war with China over the implementation of the 2016 Arbitral Award in the South China Sea. President Duterte (middle) enters the plenary of the House of Representatives before the start of his last...
