Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 05:36:03 +0000
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has turned down the proposal of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) seeking to lower the income tax payment of their more than 138,000 alien employes. Instead, Revenue Deputy Commissioner for Operations Arnel Guballa threatened to padlock POGO operations that do not pay correct taxes as ordered by […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 05:09:40 +0000
A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his $840,000 (P43,487,220) Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said Tuesday (Oct 8). The 30-year-old victim was approached outside the five-star Hotel Napoleon near the Arc de Triomphe late Monday by a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:31:55 +0000
A newly-married woman and three other family members were swept away and drowned while trying to take a selfie in a fast-flowing river in southern India, police said Monday. A group of six were holding hands and standing in waist-deep water when one woman stepped into a sudden drop in the riverbed and slipped, pulling […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:27:13 +0000
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad” but reiterated the government still hopes to resolve the crisis itself. Lam urged foreign critics to accept that the four months of protests marked by […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:20:04 +0000
DUBAI – PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said there’s a strong possibility that the league will stage an All-Star Game or a Finals game if plans will push through for an immediate return here. This idea came after the PBA series pitting NLEX against San Miguel Beer and Barangay Ginebra at the Coca-Cola Arena before 14,000 […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:15:50 +0000
Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced Monday that an ordinance banning the sale of secondhand cellphones in the city is being drafted. In a press briefing, Moreno said that the measure on secondhand cellphones will soon be passed. Despite his warning against malls selling stolen cellphones in the city, Moreno said that another Manila […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:01:10 +0000
Thousands of commuters braved the Monday traffic in Metro Manila as operation of the Light Rail Transit-Line 2 (LRT-2) remains suspended pending completion of safety checks and fine-tuning on trains, days after the entire line was shut down. Lawyer Hernando Cabrera, Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) spokesperson, said they continue to conduct simulation run and […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:05:53 +0000
Former President Jimmy Carter had a black eye and 14 stitches after falling Sunday at his Georgia home, but made it to an evening concert in Tennessee to rally volunteers ahead of his 36th home building project for Habitat for Humanity. The 39th president fell earlier in the day at his home in Plains, Georgia, […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:01:51 +0000
Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of protesters were arrested in violent clashes overnight that drew the first warning from the Chinese military. Tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through the center of the Chinese-ruled city on Sunday, wearing face masks […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:09:05 +0000
A barangay personnel has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly asking money from an illegal drug user in exchange for the removal of his name from the police watch list. NBI Director Dante Gierran identified the suspect as Saturnino Santiago, a Barangay Anti-Drugs Abuse (BADAC) coordinator in Valenzuela City. […]
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