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MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Monday separate measures raising the annual taxable income exemption ceiling to ₱350,000 from ₱250,000 and exempting microenterprises from the 2-percent minimum corporate income tax (MCIT). House Bills No. 10345 and 10346 were introduced by Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III and Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to stop generation companies from building power plants anywhere they want, saying that system loss can be avoided if strategy is used in determining the proper location. In a statement on Sunday, Philreca party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus said the DOE will be able

An Albay-based construction firm has filed a criminal complaint against Cebu City Councilor Jose Lorenzo Retuya Abellanosa for allegedly extorting and defrauding it of ₱26.8 million, alleging he sold access and influence he did not have over a private insurer's bidding process, then threatened to derail the project unless the payments kept coming.

MANILA – The House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday approved a bill raising the annual taxable income exemption ceiling to PHP350,000 from PHP250,000, and a relief measure exempting microenterprises from the 2-percent Minimum Corporate Income Tax (MCIT), as part of a broad tax reform package meant to help individual taxpayers and small businesses.

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Passengers bound for Caticlan endured being stranded for over a day after their flight from Mactan-Cebu International Airport was disrupted on Sunday, August 9, initially due to bad weather and later because of an aircraft-related technical issue. The flight was originally scheduled to depart on Sunday morning, but passengers were unable

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said it has approved the rule on the civil forfeiture of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO)-related assets pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 12312, or the Anti-POGO Act of 2025. The rule, which takes effect 15 days after its publication on Aug. 9, provides that civil forfeiture proceedings

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman is investigating about ₱60 billion worth of flood control projects poured into Cebu over the past six years, with the review forming part of a wider examination of government projects across the Visayas. Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla disclosed this during his visit on Monday, August

MABALACAT CITY — Despite heavy rains and water rising above the spilling level, many people have been gathering daily at the Cong Dadong Dam in Arayat town to catch carp and other freshwater fish. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Aug. 9, Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda posted photos of several individuals angling and using fishing

CITY OF MALOLOS—Flood waters in Bulacan rose as high as 6 feet on Sunday (August 9) as habagat rains, high tidal waters, discharges from local dams and floodwaters from Pampanga blanketed the province. Manuel Luikban Jr., head of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO), in a Monday (August 10) report, said 11,535

MANILA, Philippines —  Sen. Loren Legarda hailed the enactment into law of Republic Act No. 12322, which gives the Department of Education (DepEd) the flexibility to choose a curricular approach that will be most effective for Filipino students, one responding to realities so that their needs are matched with the strengths of educators. RA No. 12322,