Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:38:00 +0800
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Manila this week to “advance security objectives” and meet Filipino and American troops, the US State Department said on Wednesday, November 13.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will closely monitor the tax compliance of online marketplaces and online sellers during the holiday season, Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. has said. In a statement Wednesday, Lumagui warned that online businesses violating tax laws would be blocked. Section 115 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as […]…
Keep on reading: BIR to monitor online sellers’ tax compliance during holiday season
Read moreCredit to Author: Kristine Daguno-Bersamina| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:31:00 +0800
Tropical cyclone Ofel (international name: Usagi) further intensified into a typhoon as six areas in northern Luzon are placed under Signal No. 1 on early Wednesday.
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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters and the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Baby Jaguars are primed to keep their positions atop the standings as they step into the court for the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Season 24 basketball tournament on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Cebu Coliseum. The Webmasters, currently unbeaten with a 6-0 (win-loss) record, will square off against the gritty Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildcats at 6:45 PM. Meanwhile, the Baby Jaguars, leading the high school division, will clash with the University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (UCLM) Webmasters in […]…
Keep on reading: Cesafi basketball: Top-ranked squads plunge into action on Thursday
Read moreCredit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
The Commission on Elections has declared 24 more candidates as nuisance, preventing them from running for senator in the May 2025 midterm polls.
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BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte will not be endorsing any candidate—whether local or national—for the 2025 elections. “As of this moment, it is my personal decision not to endorse any local or national candidates because my experience in the last election in 2022 was not good,” she said in a […]…
Keep on reading: Sara says she won’t endorse bets in ’25 polls
Read moreCredit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
President Marcos is optimistic of the unshakeable alliance between the Philippines and the US under the administration of president-elect Donald Trump.
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MANILA, Philippines— The head of the state health insurer thinks it is wrong to blame him for the controversial transfer of its P89.90-billion excess funds to the national treasury. Emmanuel Ledesma Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), expressed his belief when Sen. JV Ejercito confronted him about the PhilHealth’s fund transfer during Tuesday’s budget deliberations at the Senate. According to the senator, PhilHealth should not be proud of its savings when many of its members are struggling to pay hospital bills. READ: JV Ejercito calls for replacement of PhilHealth chief for UHC failures […]…
Keep on reading: PhilHealth chief on P89B excess funds: Wrong to pin the blame on me
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
With six tropical cyclones hitting the country in just five weeks, “typhoon fatigue” is starting to take a toll on disaster response and rescue personnel and victims who have been in and out of evacuation centers, according to the Office of Civil Defense.
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NEW YORK — Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website. The error gained attention on social media over the weekend, where numerous users shared photos of the URL printed on the back of the boxes for the special edition dolls, which feature characters from the movie adaptation of “Wicked” set to hit theaters later this month. Instead of linking to Universal Pictures’ official WickedMovie.com page, the website listed leads to an adult film site that requires consumers to be over 18 […]…
Keep on reading: Mattel ‘deeply’ regrets misprint on ‘Wicked’ dolls packaging that links to porn site
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