The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership (OO) in using its beneficial ownership data (BOD) to promote tax integrity. Last Sept. 22, the SEC conducted a focus group discussion (FGD) on Beneficial Ownership...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. AURELIO B. BALADAD (Ret) The Philippines finds itself at a crucial juncture regarding pension reform, particularly concerning the welfare of retired military and uniformed personnel (MUP). House Bill No. 8969, enacted on July 26, 2023, aims to address the...
How often have you seen a work of art and felt drawn to it on a personal level? Art, after all, is known to draw out varying reactions from different people. Sometimes what is regarded as a masterpiece now was shunned and ridiculed when it first came out. Vincent van Gogh comes to mind....
By MARK REY MONTEJO Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and basketball legends Robert Jaworski and Ramon Fernandez are among the Filipino sporting greats set to be feted in the 2023 Philippine Professional Sports Summit at the PICC in Pasay City on Saturday, Sept. 30. Games and Amusement...
The Department of Budget and Management will remain supportive of the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for their contribution in the competitive education sector of the country. In a statement on Friday, Sept. 29, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that SUCs promote quality and...
After repeated warnings of drastically increasing penalties by October, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted a final one-month extension for amnesty applications of non-compliant and suspended or revoked corporations. Corporations, which have incurred penalties for the...
(File photo) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is anticipating that more regional pay boards will raise the minimum wage for workers in the private sector before the year ends. So far, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) isn't solely for the purpose of addressing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. Committee on Appropriations...
The Pasig City Gender and Development (GAD) Office conferred awards to the "Most Gender-Responsive Barangays" in the city during its first GAD Summit on Thursday, Sept. 28. The GAD Technical Working Group (TWG) awarded the barangays that have successfully implemented their respective GAD...
(Unsplash) House Deputy Minority leader and Makabayan bloc member ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro proclaimed "partial success" over the much-disputed issue of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the propsosed 2024 national budget. “Sa tingin...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that rice tariff reduction remains an option for the Marcos administration, but immediate execution is not viable. President Marcos earlier thumbed down the reduction of the rice tariff. “He saw that these prices are...
