Archive for the ‘People’ Category

BIR stood firm on the April 15 tax deadline

In spite of the appeal of taxpayers for an extension, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) stood firm and kept the April 15 deadline for filing income tax returns (ITRs). Revenue commissioner Kim Henares said there were still a lot of people who filed their returns on the last minute, as she observed when she made [...]

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April 16, 2011 · Roy · No Comments
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PDIC announced schedule of Depositors’ Forum

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) released the schedule of depositors’ forum for clients of the closed Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank. The Depositors’ Forum, which will be held from March 22 to 30 in Metro Manila, Pampanga (Central Luzon) and Laguna (Southern Luzon), will brief the depositors on the procedures and requirements for [...]

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March 19, 2011 · Roy · One Comment
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Small depositors are first to receive payments

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) took over the operations of Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank after being appointed as its receiver by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The first order of business was to expedite the payment of deposit insurance to Banco Filipino’s 177,652 depositors, according to PDIC president Jose C. Nograles. Of [...]

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March 17, 2011 · Roy · No Comments
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BIR say filing of AIR for 2010 optional

With its implementation met with a lot of protests and not-so-good-comments, the BIR decided to make the filing of AIR for 2010 optional. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) gave taxpayers leeway by making the annual information returns (AIR) filing optional for 2010. Commissioner Kim Henares said it would give the affected taxpayers time to [...]

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March 14, 2011 · Roy · No Comments
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Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2010 search is on

The search is for the country’s Entrepreneur of the Year (EoY). The SGV Foundation Inc. recently announced the opening for the nomination of the Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines in a press briefing. The entrepreneur of the year search was started to recognize and encourage Filipino entrepreneurs who help bring progress to the country with [...]

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March 24, 2010 · Roy · No Comments
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Franchising seminar

Planning of getting a franchise for a business? Here’s an opportunity for you to learn the ropes on how to get a franchise here in the Philippines. There is a scheduled franchise seminar to be held tomorrow, March 7, 2010 at the Mang Inasal, Makati Ave. corner Jupiter Street in Makati. The seminar will start [...]

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March 4, 2010 · Roy · No Comments
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RP receives aid from China, Japan and US

At the wake of typhoon Ondoy aftermath, the Philippines received aids from China, Japan and the US. US donated $100,000 to the Philippines. On Sunday, US gave an initial $50,000 which coursed through the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of US Agency for International Development (USAID). On Monday, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney authorized an [...]

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September 28, 2009 · Roy · One Comment
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Henry Sy is RP’s most richest – Forbes

The Forbes Asia magazine released their latest list of the Philippines’ 40 Richest, and it has mall magnate Henry Sy at the top stop, followed by business tycoon Lucio Tan at second spot and Ayala conglomerate’s chairman emeritus Jaime Zobel de Ayala at third. Sy’s networth has increased by $700 million from the last Forbes’ [...]

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August 30, 2009 · Roy · No Comments
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Touch a blogger: Tie a yellow ribbon for Cory Aquino!

This ‘green blog’ is getting a dash of yellow as it ‘tie a yellow ribbon’ and participate in the worthy project of Reyna Elena and the rest of Barrio Siete writers. As a post is made, a prayer for our former president Cory Aquino is also whispered. I would like to invite other bloggers too, [...]

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July 27, 2009 · Roy · No Comments
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Is the deal really about the money? Pacquiao-Hatton match

Just when everyone thinks that the Pacquiao – Hatton match is over, the latest news again reports the contrary – Manny Pacquiao has signed the contract and the Pacquiao-Hatton match is finally on! This is a great news for all boxing fans all over the world, especially us Filipinos who are always eager to watch [...]

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January 23, 2009 · Roy · No Comments
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