Day: August 5, 2024

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday called on new career executive service officers (CESOs) to continue upholding the highest ethical standards in their public service careers, reminding them that their work ‘affects millions of FIlipinos.’ Speaking during the oath-taking of 146 newly appointed CESOs and the awarding of the Presidential Gawad CES Award in Malacañang, Marcos challenged the new CESOs to ‘reinvent’ themselves and the bureaucracy to ensure a better service to the people. ‘So, to our newly appointed CESOs, as you join this esteemed group and reaffirm your duties to provide quality and faithful service to the

MANILA: Dunkin Donuts’ Philippine franchise holder, Golden Donuts Inc., has been ordered to pay nearly PHP65 million in deficiency taxes by the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). In its 58-page decision promulgated July 30 and published on Monday, the court partially granted the petition filed by the firm and ordered it to pay PHP41.832 million but with additional fees. The government delinquency interest rate was pegged at 12 percent per annum as of March 2015, or a total of PHP23 million to date. The Bureau of Internal Revenue filed the complaint before the Department of Justice in 2018 for non-payment

MANILA: Two Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials received commendations on Monday for contributions to advancing health initiatives and securing persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Chief Supt. Ma. Cecilia V. Villanueva, director of the Directorate for Health and Welfare Services, and Chief Insp. Eduardo P. Gogorza, acting director of the Directorate for Security and Operations were awarded letters of commendation signed by BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. for their exemplary leadership and topnotch public service. The Bucor said VIllanueva’s contributions have been pivotal in advancing health initiatives within correctional facilities, ensuring that Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) receive proper

MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday said the proposed PHP6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 is the “best tool” to sustain economic growth and benefit all Filipinos. At the start of deliberations, Romualdez said Congress would ensure that every peso in next year’s capital outlay is judiciously allocated and spent by prioritizing programs and initiatives that will contribute to national goals and the well-being of citizens. “The budget is the best tool we have to ensure that our people, especially the poor, feel the tangible benefits of our economic achievements,” Romualdez said. “It is through the careful and strategic allocation of

ILOILO CITY: The Office of the Ombudsman ordered a six-month preventive suspension for eight members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan over their ‘deliberate action’ to delay the PHP1.07 billion supplemental budget of the province. In a six-page order signed by Ombudsman Samuel Martirez on Aug.1, Board Members Egidio P. Elio, Rony L. Molina, Victor R. Condez, Alfie Jay O. Niquia, Plaridel E. Sanchez IV, Mayella Mae P. Ladislao, Kenneth Dave B. Gasalao, and Julius Cedar O. Tajanlangit, were ordered suspended without pay not exceeding six months as ‘there is strong evidence showing their guilt.’ ‘The office finds sufficient grounds to preventively