Castillo: Grant of tax amnesty to improve Cebu City’s collection efficiency

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Treasurer Jerone Castillo is pushing for the passage of an ordinance that proposes the grant of amnesty to business owners with unpaid taxes incurred in the previous years. The grant of…

Police: Ashley’s ‘boyfriend,’ companions in concert, considered ‘persons of interest’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Investigators from the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO – 7) have now considered the companions of the 19-year-old woman, who died after attending a concert last Saturday, January 19, as ‘persons of…

Police probe persons of interest in Jayson slay

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Nestle L. Semilla 11/19/2018

POLICE investigators have invited the two “persons of interest” in the killing of 25-year-old call center nurse Cristina Jayson as they narrowed down the motive of the murder to personal grudge and a love triangle. In a…

Interest rates up again, what now?

Fernando Fajardo 11/15/2018

When interest rates are high, the cost of doing business will be high. This will force business to charge more for their products. When there is inflation, the BSP responds by raising interest rates to lower it.…

The misplaced ‘balancing of interest’ in the Seafarers’ Magna Carta

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 11/12/2018

The manning agencies are throwing off-balance the already imbalanced legal battle on seafarers claims in connection with the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers. They consistently used the phrase “balancing the interest of the seafarer and the…

‘Persons of interest’ eyed in girl’s slay

Benjie B. Talisic 10/30/2018

The Liloan police station has identified some ‘persons of interest’ in the killing of a 14-year-old girl inside the old Liloan public market on Sunday morning (October 28). Chief Insp. Angelo Acupinpin, station commander of Liloan, said…

The interaction of inflation, interest rates, and GDP

Fernando Fajardo 10/18/2018

An excise tax not only raises the price of the product directly and make the poor to suffer more; it also lowers output and create more joblessness among the poor. The government is lowering its real GDP…

Interest rate, the economy, and you and me

Fernando Fajardo 09/27/2018

When the economy is overheating or operating above the country’s normal capacity to produce, inflation will follow. So the interest rate is going up now. What is interest rate? Very simply, it is the price we pay…

Police identify ‘persons of interest’ in Kalunasan ambush

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Intern, Nestle L. Semilla 09/14/2018

The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has identified persons of interest in the killing of the two jail guards and a high-profile drug inmate of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). The bodies of the…

Police tag 2 persons of interest in Blanco slay

Ador Vincent Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 09/07/2018

Politics floated as possible motive in mayor’s killing The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has identified at least two “persons of interest” in the killing of Mayor Mariano Blanco III of Ronda town, southwest Cebu with politics…

Police identify 2 persons of interest in Blanco’s slay

Ador VIncent Mayol and Benjie Talisic 09/07/2018

The police have identified at least two “persons of interest” in the killing of Mayor Mariano Blanco III. Senior Supt. Manuel Abrugena, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), refused to reveal the names of these…

Mabolo Police identifies ‘Persons of Interest’ in Korean National shooting

Nestle Semilla 08/27/2018

The Mabolo Police station has developed “persons of interest” in the killing of a Korean nation at a motel on August 26, Sunday evening.  Senior Insp. Janelito Marquez, the deputy chief of Mabolo Police station, said they…

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