PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ TICKETS GO ON SALE ON FRIDAY, JULY 22Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:22AMWorld Welterweight Championship MANNY PACQUIAO vs. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Saturday, November 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas LIVE on PAY-PER-VIEW ...
Billions for PR, millions unliquidated: PCSO mess gets messierMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:04AMBillions of pesos spent on public relations and advertisements, including a television program that Senator Jinggoy Estrada said hardly anyone watched, and millions more, given to lawmakers and to the Philippine National Police, that remains unaccounted for.
Eagle businessman gets prison for tax evasionSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:13AMBOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former businessman from Eagle has been ordered to spend 51 months in a federal prison and pay more than $300,000 in restitution for trying to evade paying federal income taxes.
Joe's boy rides a bike and tells storiesFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:10AMJay Taruc. The name sounds familiar to most of us who have been observing mass media for many years now. Because his name somehow reminds us of the voice that dominated radio for many years and had been on TV for sometime, too. That’s his father Joe Taruc.
Abadia meted 366 days in jail; Ligots chargedFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:05AMTHE anti-graft court has sentenced former Armed Forces chief Lisandro Abadia to 366 days in jail for lying in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth for 1992.
New member joins Houghton councilThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:21AMHOUGHTON - The Houghton City Council has a new member. The council picked Daniel Salo from a field of four candidates Wednesday to fill the seat vacated by Lee Hauswirth, who moved out of the area.
Treñas seeks removal of onerous taxes on foreign airlinesThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:21AMAN ILONGGO lawmaker is pushing for the removal of the common carriers tax (CCT) and gross Philippine billings tax (GPBT) imposed on international air carriers to boost tourism, trade, employment and economic integration. Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Treñas, in House Bill 4444, claimed “the grossly onerous tax imposed on foreign carriers is one of the main reasons why the number of airlines operating ...
Singapore government urged to give maids the day offTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:06PMMinister's suggestion of a mandatory rest day for all domestic workers reignites a long-running debate over workers' rights If you're a domestic maid in Singapore, there's no such thing as the weekend. Since employers are not legally bound to grant days off, the weeks never end. In the country that officially works the longest hours in the world, where one in six families has domestic help, the ...
House leader seeks scrapping of common carriers, gross Philippine billings taxesTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:05PMMANILA, July 13 (PNA) -- A leader at the House of Representatives is seeking the removal of the Common Carriers Tax (CCT) and Gross Philippine Billings Tax (GPBT) imposed on international air carriers to boost the country’s tourism, trade, employment, and economic integration with the rest of the world.