ILOILO CITY – More than 5,000 voters beat the deadline for registration on Monday, September 30, at Festive Walk Mall in this city. ILOILO City residents troop to the last day of voter’s registration at Festive Walk Mall on Monday, September 30. (Mariela Oladive) Long lines were seen as the...
Poll aspirants are expected to flood the different venues of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, Oct. 1, on the first day of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May 2025 National and Local Elections. In a chance interview on Monday, Sept. 30, Comelec Chairman George...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is eyeing to limit the period for substitution of candidates in case of withdrawal. Garcia said this during a press conference at the Guimaras State University on Friday, May, 3, where he also announced that the filing of the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is reminding taxpayers to submit their annual income tax returns (ITR) by Monday, April 15, with no extensions to be granted. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. is calling on taxpayers to file and pay their 2023 ITR obligations promptly. The BIR has...
Let bygones be bygones. The once stormy waters between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Manny Pacquiao have shifted, with the boxing icon now championing tax compliance among Filipinos. The BIR has tapped Pacquiao as one of its famous personalities tasked with reminding...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to make tax history this April with its ambitious goal of achieving a record collection, representing a double-digit increase from the previous year. As Filipino taxpayers prepare to file their income tax returns (ITRs) for 2023, the government's main tax...
Source: BIR TV personalities Boy Abunda and Joey De Leon are urging taxpayers to pay their taxes ahead of the April 15, 2024-deadline, emphasizing the importance of doing so for peace of mind. In a 35-second video shared by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Abunda, a television host,...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has urged the public to file their annual income tax returns (ITRs) on time to avoid penalties that could reach up to P25,000 or more. In a Facebook post, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. emphasized the importance of early submission for the 2023 ITRs,...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) announced that all its authorized agent banks (AABs) will operate on two Saturdays before the April 15 deadline for filing income tax returns. According to a bank bulletin issued by the tax bureau, the 19 banking institutions that make up the AABs will be open...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, Aug. 31, that it has extended the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to Sunday, Sept. 3 due to the inclement weather. Aspiring candidates for the Barangay at Sangguniang...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 20 that a later date for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) will seriously be considered by the poll body. Garcia made the statement after Sen. Francis Tolentino appealed to the poll body to postpone the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said the petition filed by the camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) “reeks of privilege.” De Lima is referring to the petition filed by the PDP-Laban...
