Cebu City, Philippines – The recent eruption of Mt. Canlaon in Negros Oriental and the disasters experienced in the Visayas has underscored the urgent need for effective disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) strategies. This makes the upcoming Handa Pilipinas Visayas Leg a timely and critical event. Local Government Units […]
QUEZON CITY — As the Marikina Shoe Festival opened this week, a familiar face graced the city’s acclaimed Shoe Museum – former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, accompanied by current First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, her daughter in-law. Imelda Marcos, who had described herself as a patron of local industries including Marikina’s […]
MAKATI CITY — Makati City Mayor Abby Binay led the inauguration of the Makati Columbarium located along Kalayaan Avenue corner Nicanor Garcia St. in Barangay Valenzuela. “At last, Makatizens now have a facility that offers a decent place to lay their loved ones to rest. The Makati Columbarium offers services at […]
QUEZON CITY – From how it looks, tourism has fully recovered from the pandemic-triggered slump, as the National Capital Region (NCR) in 2023 logged a figure way higher than what was recorded in the previous year, says the Department of Tourism (DOT). Citing government data, DOT-National Capital Region (DOT-NCR) Director […]
By Leony R. Garcia Amarah Eliezer’s Gowns & Suits came to be after Melrose’s wedding. Friends and relatives were so enchanted by her wedding gown and the wedding entourage ensemble she had curated for her big day that they clamored to borrow them. This sparked a brilliant idea: why not […]
NAVOTAS CITY — The City Government of Navotas has once again opened its doors to Navoteño youth who wish to earn work experience in government, and former Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are in need of alternative livelihood. Some 22 beneficiaries of the Navotas Government Apprenticeship Program (NGAP) will serve the […]
San Guillermo, Isabela- The DOST-Provincial Science and Technology Office (PSTO)- Isabela in collaboration with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) conducted a seminar for the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) on Carrageenan Technology as Plant Growth Promoter for the agricultural productivity of Estrella Danggayan Agrarian Reform Cooperative (EDARC) on July 05, […]
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday acknowledged the Palarong Pambansa as the country’s pinnacle of national sporting events. In his speech at the opening ceremony for the sporting event at the Cebu City Sports Center, the President said Palarong Pambansa is the country’s main platform where future record holders […]
What is the situs rule in local taxation? How are entities with branch offices, sales offices, project offices, factories, plants and others taxed? Local business taxes (“LBT”) are taxes imposed by local government units on the privilege of doing business within their jurisdiction. The rules on situs of LBT under […]
Can a foreigner be appointed as an officer of a land-owning entity? Section 7, Article XII of the 1987 Constitution restricts land ownership as follows: “Sec. 7. Save in cases of hereditary succession, no private lands shall be transferred or conveyed except to individuals, corporations or associations qualified to acquire […]
