The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition filed by Golden Donuts Inc., the exclusive franchiser and license grantee of Dunkin' Donuts, against the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Golden Donuts Inc. filed a Petition for Review with Urgent Motion for the Issuance of a Temporary...
CAVITE – Authorities collared the province’s sixth most wanted person for drug charges in General Mariano Alvarez on Thursday, Aug. 31. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Alfred. After close monitoring and surveillance, the accused was nabbed by virtue of an...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the plea by a low-cost mass housing developer to get P4.6 million refund from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (DIR) for the taxes paid in 2012. In a decision promulgated last Aug. 24, the CTA’s special first division denied the petition filed by...
Kabayan Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) The proposed Migrant Worker Relations Commission (MWRC) will go a long way in resolving cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with labor disputes in a timely manner. With this end in mind, House Committee on Overseas...
High-profile detainee Jose Adrian “Jad” Dera on Wednesday, July 5, admitted to senators that he was able to leave his detention cell at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) several times. Dera is facing charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and has been...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Eleven former employees of SunStar Cagayan de Oro and SunStar Superbalita here won their labor case against their former employer but they said the full victory can only be achieved when the company pays its financial obligation. FORMER journalists and employees of SunStar...
Petitioner Atty. Moises Tolentino, Jr. has filed a Motion for Reconsideration (MR) in relation to the disqualification case of Erwin Tulfo, the nominee next in line of the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) party-list group. In his 18-page motion received by the...
Former vice president Leni Robredo and several ambassadors welcomed the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima from one of the two remaining drug charges against her. Former senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice on Friday, May 12 (Photo by Juan Carlo De Vela/MANILA BULLETIN) In...
The suspects in the killing of journalist, Percival Lapid, plead not guilty during the arraignment at the Las Piñas Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Friday, May 12. According to Roy Mabasa, brother of Lapid, all the suspects who were detained at the National Bilibid Prison and Bureau of Jail...
Though the course is long, justice is finally prevailing. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, a fellow opposition lawmaker, made the remark following former Senator Leila de Lima’s acquittal in the second drug charges that was filed against her. “I am happy that my friend and colleague former Senator Leila...
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the country was not giving up on its plea for Indonesia to pardon convicted overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso despite the impasse on her drug case. *President Marcos (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool), Mary...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc affirmed the disqualification of Carmen Geraldine Rosal as a candidate for mayor of Legazpi City, Albay during the May 9, 2022 elections. In a 17-page resolution promulgated on Thursday, May 4, the seven-member en banc affirmed the ruling of its 2nd...
