P42M released to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission
By Ronnel W. Domingo
The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).

The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).

Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) whose premium payments are not up to date would no longer have their access to benefits and privileges suspended, especially since the fault was not theirs but the agencies they work for.

Members of the Government Service Insurance System whose premium payments are not up to date will no longer have their access to benefits and privileges suspended, especially since the fault was not theirs but the agencies they work for.

Two restaurants and a comedy bar in Quezon City owned by the same person were shuttered for tax violations as the Bureau of Internal Revenue makes good on its fight against cheating high-income individual taxpayers.

Contrary to public perceptions of low budgets for state colleges and universities (SUCs) in the wake of a student’s suicide due supposedly to limited tuition subsidies, the budgets of SUCs in fact received a 44-percent hike, Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad said on Monday.

Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad clarified on Monday that far from experiencing budget cuts this year, state colleges and universities received a 44-percent hike to get a total of P37.1 billion.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P832 million for the performance-based bonuses (PBB) of some 18,000 government employees.

The Department of Finance (DOF) is urging the Department of Transportation and Communications to require “differently colored” license plates for vehicles imported through special economic zones.

Employers who engage household helpers at less than P5,000 a month should now shoulder fully their kasambahay’s contributions to the Social Security System.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue is questioning the decision of the Court of Tax Appeals that cleared actress Judy Ann “Juday” Santos of tax deficiency.

The Commission on Elections has obtained an additional P4.14 billion to support preparations for the synchronized national and local elections and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) polls in May.

The Government Service Insurance System said the deadline for the filing of applications for the emergency loans of those affected by typhoon “Pablo” has been extended by two weeks until Jan. 18.

Difficulties arising from natural calamities that hit the country last year prompted some 524,000 members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) to take out a total of P9 billion in emergency loans.