The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition filed by Oceanagold Philippines, Inc., which sought from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR0 a refund or tax credits for P155.5 million in excise taxes which it claimed were illegally assessed and collected in 2017. Oceanagold, a mining...
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Philippines-Israel Friendship Park was led by officials from the Embassy of Denmark and the Embassy of Israel. Eighty years ago, in October 1943, the German occupying power in Denmark orchestrated a raid to capture and deport Danish Jews to Nazi extermination...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, October 23 downplayed the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision denying the Senate’s petition challenging the constitutionality of a memorandum issued by then President Rodrigo Duterte. The SC has denied the Senate's petition...
Former Senate President Vicente "Tito Sotto III on Monday, October 23 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision denying a petition filed by the Senate that challenged the constitutionality of a memorandum issued by then President Rodrigo Duterte ordering government officials to stop attending...
More senators on Monday, October 23, deplored the China Coast Guard's fresh acts of agression against the country resulting in its vessels hitting an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-contracted resupply boat and a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship. "We deplore China's dangerous blocking...
Consumers’ financial pain would be back at the pumps this week as the price of diesel products will rise by P1.30 per liter, while gasoline products will also escalate by P0.95 per liter, according to the pricing adjustment advisories of the industry players. Kerosene, which is the other...
Senators on Sunday, October 22 strongly condemned the “abhorrent” actions committed by the Chinese Coast Guard after Chinese vessels hit an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)- contracted resupply boat and a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship in the West Philippine Sea this morning. ...
Asec. Ma. Elena Algabre of the Department of Foreign Affairs and H.E. Amb. Luc Véron of the EU Delegation to the Philippines The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines and the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs revealed last Oct. 18, the logo for the commemoration of 60...
The University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), along with researchers from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), have launched an expedition to Pagasa Island in Palawan’s Kalayaan Group of Islands. Kalayaan Island (Manila Bulletin File) The...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri together with Senators Grace Poe and Christopher "Bong" Go met with parliament leaders from the United Kingdom (UK) in a bid to build stronger partnerships rooted in shared democratic principles. UK Deputy Head of Mission Alistair White (from left),...
Missing Batangueña beauty queen Catherine Camilon is still alive. This was disclosed by Brigadier General Paul Kenneth Lucas, Calabarzon police chief, in an interview with "Ano Sa Palagay N'yo?", Oct. 20. He also vowed to bring Catherine home safe. “We are committing na si Catherine…...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A activated on Friday, October 20, a regional missing persons committee in connection with the disappearance of Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Manguerra Camilon in Batangas. CATHERINE Camilon has been missing since October...
