With crowd control policemen in place, civil society groups hold a protest action in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City to urge the lawmakers to look into tax dodging practices, as well as the harmful environmental impact of companies in the extractives sector. The rally is part of the observance of the annual Global Day of Action for Tax Justice in the Extractives Sector.
Speaker Martin Romualdez and Ateneo De Manila University president Dr. Roberto Yap seal a memorandum of agreement for a Research...
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The Manila Metropolitan Development Authority’s Task Force Special Operations, the Manila Police District, and the Department of Interior and Local...
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Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents intercepted a parcel with shabu with an estimated street value of P1.743 million at the...
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Newly-appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchailan on Tuesday recently went to the DSWD’s Reception and Study...
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Union Bank of the Philippines concludes its P12-billion stock rights offering with the listing of its shares at the Philippine...
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Executives of the Araneta Group and Binibining Pilipinas 2022 queens lead the ceremonial first concrete pouring at Cyberpark 3 on...
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Inflation rose to its highest level in more than 14 years and showed no sign of easing in January, rising...
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At least P88 has been eroded from the P570 minimum wage in Metro Manila due to the continuous rise in...
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The Philippines has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which experts said causes the most transmissible...
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday encouraged Filipinos to pay the correct taxes critical to the government and moving the...
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Malacañang on Tuesday released the latest appointments in two departments under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Among...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.
