The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has collected P119.07 million in fees and penalties through its web-based system that allows cashless payment of business registrations, fees, and other charges. SEC Chairman Emilio Aquino said the fees and other charges collected through the Electronic...
The Philippines and Japan will hold another high-level meeting on infrastructure development and economic cooperation this week, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. Via teleconferencing on Wednesday, Feb. 16, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III will chair the Philippine side, while...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that failure to file an income tax return (ITR) was not a violation under the 1977 National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) as failure to file tax returns has become a punishable offense only in 1992. Dominguez issued this clarification Friday, Feb. 11,...
The governments of the Philippines and Japan signed a P112.87 billion loan agreement, the second tranche funding for the construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project, the country's first-ever underground railway. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, on behalf of the Philippine government, and...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has directed the government’s two main tax agencies to further fortify their respective systems against hacking and other cyber threats amid increasing number of scams perpetrated online against financial consumers. Dominguez said the Bureau of Internal...
The Duterte administration’s revenue effort since it took office emerged as the highest among different presidential terms in over two decades, the Department of Finance (DOF) boasted. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III by the DOF’s Domestic Finance Group (DFG), it said...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III called on tax management professionals to help build trust among taxpayers and encourage them to pay the right amount of taxes instead of finding “loopholes” for their clients to get away and avoid tax obligations. Dominguez said that although the...
Bettina Carlos (Instagram) Actress Bettina Carlos has suffered a miscarriage. The 34-year-old star revealed the news herself, writing: "We were pregnant and then no more." Bettina, who tied the knot with Mikki Eduardo in 2020, then sent a heartwarming message to all the mothers who have lost their...
"We were pregnant and then no more," Bettina Carlos-Eduardo posted last night. Married for a year now, Bettina has been living a blessed life with her family of three. They were supposed to welcome another member, but she had a miscarriage. "To all the mothers who have lost their children before...
Gen. Dionardo Carlos, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Monday, Jan, 31 that were was already a request for the police to look into the alleged assassination attempt on presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos. "There was someone who texted me. So I have already the number and...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, Jan. 28, that it is open to the idea of establishing special courts which will focus in expediting the resolution of cases involving alleged abuses of police personnel. Police General Dionardo Carlos, Chief of the Philippine National Police...
FIRB identifies 3 barriers to foreign investments By Chino S. Leyco The prolonged pandemic, high costs of doing business, and foreign equity restrictions in the Philippines are the main barriers to foreign investments in the country, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) said on Wednesday, Jan....
