Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to simplify and extend the government’s estate tax amnesty program for two more years in response to the clamor of taxpayers to avail of a tax reprieve. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, filed Senate Bill No. 2197...
Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) offers awake craniotomy surgery for patients with brain tumors located in areas of the brain that control speech and motor function. This highly specialized surgical technique provides a safer and more effective way to remove brain tumors while minimizing the risk...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* In my two decades as a public servant, I have come full circle to the budgeting process and public spending, and how they have a profound impact on the lives of the Filipino people. While I have always advocated for financial inclusion...
OF TREES AND FOREST It was such an emphatic word to describe the relationship between the Philippines and the United States especially given the tensions in the region and the complicated past of the two nations’ bilateral relations. But this was how President Joseph Biden described his...
As part of the national government’s goal to make the Philippines a “tourism hub,” the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will provide free internet services in 94 major tourism areas in the country facing connectivity issues. (MB Visual Content Group) Working hand...
Fresh River Lakes Corp, a subsidiary of First Gen Corporation of the Lopez group, submitted a winning bid that dwarfed other offers for the165-megawatt Casecnan hydropower facility, the first power asset privatized under the Marcos administration. According to sources privy to the outcome of the...
San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. will be holding its annual meeting of stockholders on June 7, 2023, Wednesday, at 2:00P.M. through the Company website [https://www.smfb.com.ph/stockholdersmeeting _2023](https://www.smfb.com.ph/stockholdersmeeting_2023) . A copy of the official...
Ephesus Teatron Group Inc., after a three-year hiatus, will return to the stage with their first major live musical concert, “Klasical.” The concert will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. at the OnStage Theatre in Greenbelt 1, Makati City. Klasical is a musical of Philippine...
How do you follow up an Oscar-winning animated feature which redefined what a CG-animated movie could look like, while introducing a new multicultural version of a classic Marvel superhero? Sony Pictures Animation levels up the visual ante, takes audiences to new places, and offers surprising plot...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested 31 wanted individuals in the Cordillera region from May 7 to 13. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera-Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) said the Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO) nabbed 13 wanted persons, followed by...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has activated three new free Wi-Fi sites in Calumpit, Bulacan. (MB Visual Content Group) DICT on Monday, May 15, said the initiative was conducted with the support of local government units in Calumpit. The hotspots were specifically...
(Unsplash) With a vote of 258-3-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives easily passed on third and final reading the measure enhancing the continuing professional development (CPD) of Filipino professionals as an integral component of career progression and specialization programs. The...
