BOC promotes tax-free ‘Balikbayan Box’ program 

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is encouraging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to use the tax-free “Balikbayan Box” program, saying that no one has availed of it yet as of this … FULL STORY

House panel releases detained ‘Ilocos six’

The Philippine House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has ordered the release of the so-called “Ilocos six” government officials from detention on … FULL STORY

De Lima to Aguirre: Disclose your ‘verified’ EJK cases

SENATOR Leila De Lima on Monday, July 24, dared Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to disclose the breakdown of the supposed 219 “verified” cases of extrajudicial killings … FULL STORY

Palace on US Congress hearing: Filipinos are the ‘real’ judges 

Unfazed by the criticism coming from the government of the United States, Malacañang on Friday, July 21 said the ‘real judge’ of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug … FULL STORY

Aquino formally files appeal on indictment over Mamasapano massacre

Former Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III submitted a motion for reconsideration over the charges filed against him in connection with the botched Mamasapano … FULL STORY

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Group eyes second impeachment complaint against Comelec chief

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is planning to file a second impeachment complaint against Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista. Earlier this week, former … FULL STORY

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Fil-Am co-founder of Snapchat worth $4 billion as company …

Robert “Bobby” Murphy named one of the youngest billionaires in the world THE introduction of the smartphone in the mid-2000s and the genesis of the start-up business culture ushered in a … FULL STORY