The chairman of the House Committee on Technical Education on Thursday, June 10, decried as “unconscionable” the decision of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to impose on private schools a 150 percent increase in taxes. Baguio City Rep. Mark Go chided the BIR’s decision which enjoys the support...
The Philippines is looking forward to working with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on the possible creation of a “legal regime” and for future areas of cooperation with the intergovernmental body formed under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)....
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is supporting moves to amend Republic Act No. 1405, or the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Law, to reinforce the country’s fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion and other financial crimes. The amendments put forward under House Bill...
Photo from UP College of Law's Facebook page. The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law on Thursday, June 10, announced the final list of applicants who have passed the college’s Law Aptitude Examination (LAE) this year. The UP College of Law said the 373 exam passers have qualified...
President Duterte is willing to look into the proposed amendments to the country's baselines law that supposedly aim to strengthen the nation's claim to the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President ordered complete staff work on the proposed reforms on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking passage of a measure that would open up the country’s electricity market by lifting the public offering requirement provision in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA Law to lure more generation companies into investing in the Philippines....
The United States is just awaiting the decision of President Duterte regarding the fate of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), US Embassy Charge d’Affaires John Law said Friday. (via United States Embassy in Manila website) Law said both the US and Philippine sides spent weeks of “productive...
The United States Embassy in Manila on Friday confirmed the inclusion of the Philippines among the priority countries to receive its share from the initial batch of 25 million doses of coronavirus vaccines that the US intends to donate globally. United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law...
Senator Sonny Angara is now seeking to amend a section in the country’s National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) in order to correct the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) wrong interpretation on the tax imposed on proprietary educational institutions. Angara, in filing Senate Bill No. 2272,...
Anyone who wants to run for president next year should put achieving peace in the agenda, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Wednesday, June 2. Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File photo/Manila Bulletin) Speaking at the 1Sambayan’s virtual Townhall event “Talakayang Bayan:...
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has partnered with a non-government organization and local government agencies to support a life skills development and rehabilitation project for Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) in the Philippines. Japan...
Labor rights must now be taught in the country's universities, colleges, and vocational schools under a new law signed by President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Republic Act No. 11551, also known as the "Labor Education Act," directs all public and private higher...
