The newly enacted Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) taxation law has generated P1.22 billion in additional revenue during its initial months of implementation, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reported. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in September 2021, Republic Act (RA) 11590 or...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ’Ping’ Lacson on Saturday, Feb. 12 reassured Filipinos that the elements of democracy would be preserved and protected under his administration as he rejected outright thoughts and concerns about bringing back the dark days of martial law. Senator Panfilo...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has green-lit for plenary approval House Bill (HB) 8700, which exempts the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) from the Dividend Law or Republic Act (RA) 7656. Under the Dividend Law, all government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC),...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo will not take revenge on anyone if and when she’s elected as the country’s next president in the upcoming May 9 polls. Instead, Robredo said that she would be a "unifying" leader. She noted that she's already taking steps to achieve that goal....
The Diocese of Cubao has informed the public that Rico Sabanal is no longer a Catholic priest. Photo Diocese of Cubao FB "Fr. Rico Sabanal is no longer a Roman Catholic priest and has no priestly faculty to perform any religious activities anywhere in the Philippines,” CBCP News quoted the...
(FILE PHOTO) Advocacy groups have recently called on for the institutionalization of the government's support for rare disease (RD) patients through annual allocations in the General Appropriations Act and “progressive execution of assistance and treatment programs.” During an online event last...
Senator Richard Gordon is now pushing for the bill that seeks to create a special court that would handle cases that have been filed against policemen. In filing Senate Bill No. 2331, Gordon underscored the importance of holding erring members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) accountable for...
Aspiring president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Tuesday, Jan. 25 he will let the rule of law prevail in the ill-gotten wealth cases that were filed against the Marcos family and alleged cronies of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos. During DZRH's Presidential Job interview...
Discussions about Martial Law occupy "fairly limited" space in textbooks, an assistant professor at University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman's Department of History said Tuesday, Jan. 25. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a virtual conference hosted by the Far Eastern University Public Policy...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. believed that declaring a martial law “has its place” and said he will not immediately resort to that if ever Filipinos hold a people power against him during his election. Marcos Jr. made the pronouncement Tuesday, Jan. 25 in DZRH’s...
President Duterte has signed into law the measure that promotes the use of microgrid systems to accelerate the total electrification of underserved and unserved areas nationwide. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11646 or the Microgrid Systems Act...
Administration Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday said the bill that seeks to protect an employee’s “rest hours” and prevent him from taking up tasks and meetings that cut his personal time due to a work-from-home arrangement is necessary to keep the country’s workforce more productive....
