Turning Risk into Readiness: DOST 7 Brings Handa Pilipinas to Cebu City
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…
PH First Ladies grace renowned Marikina Shoe Museum
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,…
Makati City opens columbarium; provides subsidies to residents
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…
NCR logs 32 million tourist arrivals in 2023
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).…
Amarah Eliezer’s Gowns & Suits Turning personal experience into entrepreneurial success
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…
Navotas welcomes interns, ex-OFWs at city gov’t
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…
𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑
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…
Palarong Pambansa PH’s pinnacle of sporting events for future record holders, Olympians — PBBM
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…
Situs Rule in Local Taxation
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…
APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN OFFICERS IN A LAND-OWNING ENTITY
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…