Bong Go appeals for extension of tax deadline

Credit to Author: Javier J. Ismael| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 03:30:44 +0000

SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go appealed to the Department of Finance (DoF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), to extend the deadline for the filing of Annual Income Tax Returns (ITRs). Go made the appeal after the BIR released last Monday Revenue Memorandum Circular 25-2020, which states that the “filing shall still be done […]

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DoH: Repatriated OFWs to be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay 

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:52 +0000

OVERSEAS Filipinos to be repatriated from Hubei, China will be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. “They will be on quarantine. Because they are coming from the hot zone,” said Health Undersecretary for Public Health Services Team Myrna Cabotaje in a hearing by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Metro Manila Development. The […]

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DoH: Repatriated OFWs be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay 

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:52 +0000

OVERSEAS Filipinos to be repatriated from Hubei, China will be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. “They will be on quarantine. Because they are coming from the hot zone,” said Health Undersecretary for Public Health Services Team Myrna Cabotaje in a hearing by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Metro Manila Development. The […]

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Govt eyes Caballo Island, Fort Magsaysay as quarantine areas

Credit to Author: Dempsey Reyes| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:07:09 +0000

THE government is eyeing the drug rehabilitation facility of Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija and Caballo Island as quarantine areas should Filipinos in Wuhan, China be repatriated, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. “They are looking at both areas. No decision yet,” Lorenzana told reporters in response to a query about the plan. Lorenzana’s […]

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DA to build P2-B cold storage facilities

Credit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:00:17 +0000

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to put up P2 billion worth of cold storage facilities in five major seaports in the country as part of efforts to intensify quarantine measures against smuggled items. “The Cabinet has approved [the budget for it,] so the plan is ready. We already told the DBM (Department of […]

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