The House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would extend the estate tax amnesty period until Dec. 31, 2028. This would cover the estate of decedents who died on or before Dec. 31, 2024, ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Philippine authorities to pursue gradual fiscal consolidation over the medium term to rebuild fiscal space, support external balance and ensure debt ...

Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (PNA file photo by Priam Nepomuceno) MANILA – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said the Controller ...

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Health spending in the Philippines has more than doubled over the past decade, crossing P1 trillion in 2021 and projected to hit P1.4 trillion in 2024, but a fragmented system and uneven local ...

While, as Benjamin Franklin quipped, it may be that nothing is certain but death and taxes, only the former can be considered the great equalizer. Death comes for us all, regardless of our social or ...

A federal judge has ruled Cook County’s longtime system for selling properties with delinquent taxes unconstitutional — a decision that could expose the county to significant financial liability, the ...

Three years after a group of homeowners and community organizations filed suit claiming the county’s tax sale system robbed them of their home equity, a federal judge has ruled the system ...

Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, over unpaid taxes worth a fraction of that amount, is ...

PARTNERSHIP. Maj. Gen. Adonis Bajao, then-Philippine Army (PA) vice commander (right), shakes hands with Department of Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum (left) during the signing ...