As the country continues to deal with the pandemic, business sector and...
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
Joel Reyes Zobel
By Joel Reyes Zobel Actually, hindi po ito una sa Tagaytay. Ginawa na ito sa Albay ng pumutok ang bulkang Mayon. Ang paniwala nuo ng dating Albay Governor at ngayo’y...
By Joel Reyes Zobel Ang pagbabasa at maintindihan kung ano ang binasa ang ibig sabihin ng reading comprehension. Ang pagiging matatas ang sukatan ng kagalingan ng tao na maintindihan ang...
By Joel Reyes Zobel Tigil putakan sa SEA Games, makatutulong ba sa imahe ng Pilipinas sa mata ng mundo? Pwede, pero superficial effect o mababaw lamang na paraan ito para...
Ipinag-utos na ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang walang humpay na pagpasok ng imported na bigas sa bansa. Ang kautusan ay inilabas ng Pangulo para maibsan ang problema ng mataas na...
“Huwag mo naman i-discriminate kaming mga Bisaya na kumakain ng mais bilang pan-saing”. Yan naman ang bungad sa akin ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol sa aking panayam sa kanya sa...
Huwag ho kayo magkakamali, pero ako ay kakampi ng war on drugs ng Pangulong Duterte. Nakikiisa po tayo sa adhikaing matuldukan ang problema ng iligal na droga sa bansa at...
Perry Diaz
By Perry Diaz Five-five hundred years ago, the first Austronesians migrated from South China to Taiwan. It took another 1,500 years before they migrated to the Philippines. In my column, “Who...
By Perry Diaz Barely a few days after being sworn in as Secretary of State, Antony Blinken spoke with counterparts in Asia, the Pacific, and Europe. The calls included discussions of...
By Perry Diaz As I am writing this column, President Donald Trump has only two days left in his presidency. Then he will go into retirement. It must be hard...
By Perry Diaz Once again, President Donald J. Trump played the game of “chicken” when he held up the $900 billion COVID relief stimulus bill by demanding that direct payments...
By Perry Diaz For four years, we saw the meteoric rise of Donald J. Trump from a reality show producer to the President of the United States. That’s a quantum...
By Perry Diaz On February 22, 2017, Chinese president Xi Jinping vowed for the first time that China should take the lead in shaping the “new world order” and safeguarding...
Monsi A. Serrano
By Monsi A. SerranoBangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ghana and other developing countries have just kicked off their respective vaccination programs as of this writing. At this time, too, the Philippines continues to...
By Monsi A. Serrano Last week, I expressed my opposition to the planned opening of cinemas and arcades, the reasons for which can be read by clicking this link: https://thephilbiznews.com/beyond-sight-sit-back-relax-and-get-covid/...
In photo: Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines His Excellency Koshikawa Kazuhiko By Monsi A. SerranoPhotos by Manuel N. Roma/THEPHILBIZNEWS Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko has expressed admiration for the Filipino people’s caring deeply for one another...
By Monsi A. Serrano The plan to open movie houses and other entertainment centers in places under general community quarantine or GCQ shocked and worried me, given the fact that...
By Monsi A. SerranoThe pandemic has brought us down to our knees literally and figuratively. Literally, because many have knelt down in prayer, now more spiritually mindful of what will happen to them...
By Monsi A. Serrano The pandemic should spur love, understanding and compassion. But while many people seem to be hopeful and bullish for the year 2021, vaccine diplomacy in the Philippines...
Atty. Josephrally Chavez Jr.
By Atty. Josephrally L. Chavez, Jr. An income or any inflows into the hands of the taxpayer other than a mere return of capital may either be a taxable income,...
By Atty. Josephrally L. Chavez, Jr. Donation in its simplest term is an act of generosity, big-heartedness, or a charity at that. Legally speaking, it is the act of liberality...
Why Wait for the Tax Amnesty? By Atty. Josephrally L. Chavez, Jr. A tax amnesty is a general pardon or intentional overlooking by the State of its authority to impose...
A certificate of stock is a written instrument signed by the proper officer of a corporation stating or acknowledging that the person named in the document is the owner of...
Another thing that is certain, of course, it is tax. While the power to tax is inherent in every state, in our jurisdiction,”to tax or not to tax” is primarily...
Taxes are what we pay for an orderly, refined, advanced, humanized and developed society. Taxes are what we pay for the existence our government. Taxes are what we pay literally...
Butz Bartolome
By Armando "BUTZ" Bartolome Have you adjusted to the “new normal”? What are the changes that you need to do to be able to adapt to our current situation? Has...
By Armando "BUTZ" Bartolome Starting a business may not be possible for everyone due to some factors such as determining how to set up a business, dealing with various challenges...
By Armando "BUTZ" Bartolome The other day while watching a popular telenovela I saw a string of commercials of various businesses. I must have lost count of the number. However,...
By Armando O. Bartolome For the “millennials”, the greatest gifts that technology may have given to them are laptops, desktops, smartphones and tablets. You may never find anyone without a...
By Armando O. Bartolome The other day while watching a popular telenovela I saw a string of commercials of various businesses. I must have lost count of the number. However...
By Armando "BUTZ" Bartolome I always start my day with a prayer thanking the Lord for giving me another chance at life, see new opportunities and be with my loved...
Manuel Morato
In photo: From left, Manuel "Manoling" Morato, taking pride in his THEPHILBIZNEWS jacket and #87 mug out of 100 pieces issued by #THEPHILBIZNEWS to celebrate its 10th year The Philippine...
By Manuel L. Morato In the launching of Oracur worldwide at Marco Polo Hotel in Ortigas Avenue, there were members of the press “hungry” to hear from me because of...
By Manuel L. Morato What I dislike most about the Coronavirus pandemic is the desensitizing of feelings about death. Some people seem to get “used” to it, suppressing emotional response. ...
By Manuel L. Morato “E-Titles” have been the perfect vehicle for landgrabbers in Quezon City. May I ask since when was this allowed? I was told time and again that...
By Manuel L. Morato I don’t know what induced Pia Morato Baretto to file a case of Cyber Libel against me for a column I had written about the landgrabbing...
By Manuel L. Morato My late father celebrated his birthday on July 4, yesterday. Being a Sunday, I had no office, nor anyone to help me with the computer. I...
Robert Roque
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Of all the local government units (LGUs) in the country downloading social amelioration program (SAP) funds from the Bureau of Treasury this week, one locality...
By Robert B. Roque, Jr.It seems all of us can’t get enough of Hidilyn Diaz these days – and for good reason. Having ended the country’s 97-year gold drought in...
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Last week’s viral video of a man cursing, shoving, and challenging traffic and police officers in Susana Heights, Muntinlupa City was painful to watch. It...
If there is one good move Donald Trump made before leaving the White House, it must be his administration’s America First-style acquisition of anti-COVID vaccines. It paved the way for...
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Tomorrow (Feb. 19), Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is opening the 20-year supply contract for 1,800 megawatts (MW) of power to bidders. I cannot overemphasize the...
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Here’s a question. For an administration that has, thus far, filed 60 diplomatic protests against Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea, how comfortable is...
