The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) won an international award for its digital tax calendar, a milestone in the government’s push to modernize its revenue collection systems and improve taxpayer compliance. The country’s primary tax-collection agency received the Philippines Digital...
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is officially joining the lineup for the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, taking the stage alongside Madonna, Shakira, and BTS in what organizers are billing as the tournament 's first-ever Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle. FIFA announced Wednesday that...
ABS-CBN Entertainment has surpassed 55 million subscribers on YouTube, extending its lead as Southeast Asia 's most-subscribed media and entertainment channel on the video-sharing platform. As of July 3, the channel has accumulated 76 billion lifetime views, according to data from Tubular and...
Is former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan being pressured to implicate Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez in the Ombudsman’s flood control project scam investigation? Lawyer Ade Fajardo, a spokesman of the two-time former House Speaker, says this might...
Coco Martin has long pushed to raise the bar for action on Philippine television, delivering bigger stunts, grittier fight scenes and a more cinematic style through his primetime projects. But that creative ambition appears to have drawn scrutiny, with regulators saying some viewers found his...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan is the “most polluted" source of testimony when it comes to the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said the spokesperson of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, lawyer Ade Fajardo, amid the...
Investigators found the statements of eight former Marines to be “categorical and consistent” regarding alleged money deliveries to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former party-list Representative Zaldy Co, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said on Thursday, July 2. Assistant...
Delays in the signing of the affidavits of eight former Marines are slowing its investigation against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, t he Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Thursday, July 2. It then urged their lawyer to expedite the review so the statements can be formally included in its...
The camp of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez says the former House Speaker is being used as a "convenient excuse and political scapegoat” in the flood control projects corruption scandal. This, after spokesperson lawyer Elaine Atienza said for the umpteenth time Thursday, July 2 that...
Deeply affected by the Tacloban City school shooting, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) President Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez met with various stakeholders on Monday, June 29 in a bid to come up with life-saving interventions. Participating in the meeting with Romualdez in...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Tuesday, June 30, said it accepted former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan as a state witness because his testimony is expected to strengthen its case against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over alleged...
Apart from ongoing preparations for the possible implementation of the global top-up tax, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) continues to prepare for other emerging tax measures, including a new mining royalty regime, real property valuation reforms, and cross-border duties. These preparations...
