The Bureau of Customs has donated mobile phones, laptops, educational materials and other seized goods to the Department of Education (DepEd) and other government agencies. Bureau of Customs (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III,...
The Commission on Audit has suspended the creation of teams that will be tasked to conduct fraud and special audit based on complaints or petitions against all politicians who have filed their respective certificate of candidacy for the May 9, 2022 elections....
The health maintenance organizations’ (HMO) net income nearly doubled in the first three months of the year owing to lower benefit and claim payments, the Insurance Commission (IC) said. Based on the preliminary financial statements submitted to the IC, HMOs reported that the industry’s...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized huge quantity of unmarked diesel in Pampanga following the government’s intensified implementation of the nationwide fuel marking and monitoring program to curb oil smuggling. 34336 In a statement, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero said the bureau...
Insurance payments related to the coronavirus pandemic hit more than P8 billion. IC Comm. Dennis B. Funa Since the pandemic began, Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa reported that payouts made by life and non-life insurers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and mutual benefit associations...
The local government of Marikina City has been granted authority to conduct negotiated sale of real estate at the upscale Loyola Grand Villas, four years after offering the lots at bargain prices in 2017. Mayor Marcelino Teodoro Mayor Marcelino R. Teodoro sought permission of the Commission on...
There is a possibility of the voting hours in the May 2022 polls being extended. Comelec/MB Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sheriff Abas said the voting hours may be extended for one to three hours if there are still a lot of voters yet to vote. "For now, it is 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. We will...
Some 250 famous social medial (socmed) personalities are now being investigated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for possible tax evasion, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, the DOF said on Thursday, Sept. 16, that the tax bureau is looking into an initial 250 top earning...
It is the hope of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that the May 2022 polls will be the last time that the country will use the old vote counting machines (VCMs). Comelec/MB "Hopefully, this will be the last time we will use the VCMs because it is a nine-year old machine by 2025, although we...
There will be a nationwide synchronized mall registration on Sept. 11. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to hold a national synchronized mall registration day with 21 days remaining before the voter registration deadline. In the National Capital Region (NCR) which is under the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing the use of the internet voting system for overseas voters in the 2025 polls. Comelec/MB "As you know, Congress has to pass a law to make this possible... It's impossible to use this in 2022," Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said in an online press...
Counterfeit goods topped the list of smuggled products in the country in terms of value, the Bureau of Customs reported to the Department of Finance (DOF). MANILA BULLETIN FILE According to the customs bureau, the agency’s 615 operations this year have yielded mostly illegal shipments of...
