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(Eagle News) — Inatasan ng Senado ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) na bawiin ang inilabas na Memorandum circular na nag-aatas na patawan na rin ng buwis ang premium health cards. Sa Memorandum Circular 50-2018, sinabi ng BIR na ang premium sa mga health cards ng mga empleyado ay dapat isama sa bonuses at benepisyo na tinatanggap ng mga empleyado na subject sa 90,000 tax exempt threshold. Ang kautusan ng BIR ay nakapaloob umano sa […]
(Eagle News) — Tutol ang National Food Authority (NFA) sa Region 1 sa isinusulong na Rice Tarrification Bill na pumasa na sa Bicameral conference committee kamakailan. Ayon kay NFA Region 1 Director Jaime Hadlocon, hindi sila payag na mabawasan ang trabaho o responsibilidad ng kagawaran sa ilalim ng nasabing batas. Dapat aniyang malaman ng mga mambabatas na kailangang-kailangan ng mga magsasaka ang NFA para sa kanilang karapatan. “Ang ating mga mamamayang Filipino ay niloloko ang […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ang dalawang alternatibong ruta para sa mga motorista na magtutungo sa Benguet at Baguio City. Pinasinayaan ng DPWH ang Aringay-Tubao Alternate Road at Anduyan Bridge sa La Union. Sa labing-apat na kilometrong Aringay-Tubao na ruta ay mababawasan ang oras ng biyahe mula La Union patungong Benguet mula dalawang oras hanggang tatlumpu’t limang minuto. Mababawasan din ng isang oras ang biyahe mula La […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 28, commended former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza after he took responsibility for the “transgressions committed by his two subordinates.” “We commend the former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process for taking full responsibility and issuing an apology under the principle of command responsibility…,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement, calling what Dureza did “leadership by example.” Dureza has “set a concrete […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Nov. 28, approved the appointment of Teodoro Locsin, Jr. as Foreign Affairs Secretary. Nobody opposed Locsin’s confirmation at the plenary, which took up the matter after the CA’s foreign affairs committee made the recommendation earlier in the day. Locsin was appointed at the helm of the Department of Foreign Affairs by President Rodrigo Duterte, following the resignation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano resigned […]
(Eagle News) — Expect one to two tropical cyclones this December. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the tropical cyclones may be formed in the Pacific and enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility, or may be formed within PAR itself. They may hit southern Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao. PAGASA said a transition toward an El Nino condition was also expected, which means generally below normal rainfall conditions with patches of near-normal rainfall […]
CA associate justice Carandang named the new High Court associate justice By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin is the new Chief Justice. President Rodrigo Duterte handpicked Bersamin from a Judicial and Bar Council shortlist that included Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, and Andres Reyes Jr. Although Carpio, 68, is the most senior magistrate in the High Court, the 69-year-old Bersamin is the most […]
There are Filipino illegal workers in China, too, Duterte says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, urged a careful approach to the issue of Chinese illegal workers in the country. Speaking to reporters in Bohol, Duterte noted that while the illegal workers should be deported, there were also “so many thousands of Filipinos working there or went inside China as tourists and working there.” He noted that the same was true […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, said he would fire another undersecretary. The President did not identify who this was, only saying that the official who was next on the chopping block was “malikot.” Duterte made the announcement right after announcing he had dismissed Undersecretary Ronald Flores and Assistant Secretary Yeshtern Donn Baccay from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process during the inauguration of the Bohol-Panglao International […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza has resigned. President Rodrigo Duterte made the revelation during the inauguration of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Duterte said he was “sad” he accepted Dureza’s resignation. It was unclear so far why Dureza resigned, but Duterte’s announcement came amid announcements he had fired two undersecretaries from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, which Dureza heads. Earlier, Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, said he fired two other government officials, this time, from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. The dismissal of Undersecretary Ronald Flores’ and Assistant Secretary Yeshtern Donn Baccay came a day after the President said he would fire another undersecretary for corruption. Prior to this, the President fired Undersecretary Falconi Millar, secretary-general of the Housing and Urban Coordinating Council also over corruption. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two of four individuals who have been cited in contempt by the Senate blue ribbon panel for skipping hearings on the missing P11-billion shabu shipment are now in Senate custody. The Office of Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the panel, identified them as SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and Emily Laquingan. Laquingan, said to be the former wife of Hsu Chun Chung, the alleged liaison of the drug syndicate behind […]
