The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) previously went after online sellers despite the current social climate under the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic and required the registration of their businesses and the payment of their taxes just like businesses with retail storefronts. The list of online merchants that need to register with the agency has been […]
P126 Million US Aid For the Philippines’ Basic Education
The United States (U.S) government will provide a better budget of about P126 million ($2.5 million) as an education cash aid and as to help the Philippines upon the implementation of the Basic Education-Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP); a project in which Filipino children are encouraged to continue their studies while schools remain closed amid the […]
100 Employees Regularized on Vico Sotto's 31st Birthday
Pasig Mayor, Vico Sotto, has regularized more than 100 employees on his 31st birthday, June 17, by signing the appointment papers of city hall workers which solidifies the position of more than 100 employees of the local government to be permanent. The Local Government of Pasig City was able to benefit from the service; and […]
Passport Applications May now be Paid Online or via Debit Card, DFA says
Passport application and delivery fees may now be paid through online transactions using a credit or debit card! This is a way to cope up with the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs said as they continue to find ways to minimize people-to-people contact. The DFA has collaborated with PayMaya Philippines Inc. […]
Collaborative Effort to Save Workers – DOLE and DTI
A collaboration between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as well as other government agencies has been insisted upon by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go as an effort to extenuate the adverse effects and to save workers affected from the sudden outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease […]
Mayor's Permit No Longer Needed in New Business Registration Process
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently created some alterations to further loosen the registration process for businesses by no longer requiring the mayor's permit as part of the documentary requirements businesses have to submit. Caesar R. Dulay, Commissioner of the BIR, issued the Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 57-2020 dated March 12 but made public […]
The ReliefAgad App to Expedite the Process of SAP for Low-Income Families
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) declared on June 8, Monday that they are in the preparation for distributing the emergency cash subsidy to the 5 million “waitlisted” families that President Rodrigo Duterte included in the first tranche of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) implementation. Several Local Government Units (LGUs) all throughout the entire […]