BIR To Waive Penalties For ITRs After Paying Tax Before June 15, 2020

BIR

BIR released a Revenue Memorandum Circular that will waive penalties for ITR amendments to taxpayers who settled their payments on or before June 15, 2020. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) announced that it will waive penalties for income tax return (ITR) amendments to taxpayers who settled their payments on or before June 15, 2020. … Read more

JUST IN: Patient in Cebu Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Patien in Cebu Coronavirus

Specimen of Patient in Cebu Positive for Coronavirus PATIENT IN CEBU – A patient in Mandaue City tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus or COVID-19. Amid the coronavirus being an international concern, several cities and municipalities in the Philippines got persons under monitoring (PUMs) and patients under investigation (PUIs). For confirmation of possible coronavirus … Read more

China To Eject US Journalists As Media Freedom Row Grows

China

China announced that it would force American journalists to leave the country as media freedom increased. China on Wednesday announced that it would force American journalists from three major US newspapers to leave the country as media freedom increased. China’s move against three major US newspapers — The New York Times, The Washington Post, and … Read more

Davao Occidental Hit By 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake

Earthquake

4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Davao Occidental DAVAO OCCIDENTAL – PHIVOLCS recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake in Sarangani today, March 18, 2020. In the Philippines, the agency that records quakes and other natural events happening in the different areas of the country is the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. It is more commonly called as … Read more

Mainland China Reports 13 New Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19

Mainland China

Mainland China had reported 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus. The National Health Commission in China on Wednesday said that the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in mainland China had reached 80,894. This, as mainland China had reported 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday, down from 21 cases a day earlier, according … Read more

Facebook Acknowledges Bug That Blocks Coronavirus News

Facebook Bug

Facebook acknowledged a bug that was responsible for blocking news related to coronavirus disease. Facebook said that a bug in its anti-spam system was blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. This, as Guy Rosen, the vice president of integrity of Facebook, posted a tweet, saying that the … Read more