The House Committee on Justice on Tuesday, June 15, tackled the application of two businessmen engaged in offshore gambling for naturalization. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) 1-PACMAN Party-List Representative Enrico Pineda pushed for the approval of his two...
Three kidnapped Chinese nationals were rescued by members of the Manila Police District (MPD) during a follow-up operation in Makati City, police said Thursday. Screenshot from video of MPD CIDU Chief PMaj. Rommel Anicete / MANILA BULLETIN Police identified the rescued victims as Zhen Xiao, 24; Gao...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should collect the P40-billion in unpaid franchise taxes of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs and they should leave the country once they’ve paid. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she stressed that the social costs that came along with the...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate bill that seeks to allow the government to enforce improved tax collection on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed that Duterte...
Anti-kidnapping operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued a 27-year old Chinese in a raid in a hotel in Pasay City where three of his captors were arrested. Col. Rudolph Dimas, director of the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG), said victim Sun Xiao Lin was kept inside a room in a...
A Chinese man was rescued by members of the Parañaque City Police after he was allegedly kidnapped by two fellow citizens and four Filipinos, police said on Saturday. Police identified the suspects as Chen Shiduan, 47; Chen Lianxing, 37; Joseph Cardona, 52; Benidecto Manicad, 48; Raphael Milanag,...
Two Chinese workers of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) and a Filipino were arrested for their involvement in the kidnapping of a Chinese Information Technology expert in Parañaque City. Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr., director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO),...
Deparrment of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has warned the public against dealing with alleged Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) that use social media for their recruitment activities. Bello, in a statement Friday, April 23 , said there are unscrupulous groups...
Despite POGO absence The Philippine office sector continued registering new demand of 109,000 square meters in the first quarter 2021, up 68 percent from 65,000 in the third quarter of 2020, the lowest recorded during the pandemic, despite the absence of POGOs (Philippine Offshore Gaming...
Senators on Thursday pushed for the passage of the bill seeking to tax Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) to help the government generate revenues and fund its major programs, particularly on health and education, badly needed this time of a COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Sonny Angara (Joseph...
The Duterte administration expects Congress to pass its 12 top priority measures by June this year to enable the country bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive...
The worst is over for the Philippine property market due to various favorable factors, although the projected office space take-up remained low at 380,000 square meters only or 70 percent lower than the 1.9 million sqm recorded in 2019, according to the country’s leading property and management...
