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BUDGET SECRETARY Florencio B. Abad yesterday said he has signed the budget call to government departments for next year’s spending plan, initiating the process of putting together the 2016 national budget.

Telcos should ensure the security of the mobile phone users, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima says. AP/Matt Siocum, file MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice on Tuesday urged telecommunications companies to install “kill switch” technologies in mobile phones of subscribers to prevent theft. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said implementation of the “kill switch” no longer requires new legislation. She said it is the companies’ responsibility to prevent crime and make sure appropriate technology is being utilized to contribute to peace and order as well as to the security of phone users. The “kill switch” serves as an emergency stop or safety mechanism to shut off devices and erase its memory from a distance in cases when they are lost or stolen. Cellular phones may no longer be used once the kill switch is used as all existing data are deleted. RELATED: Kill-switch to erase data in mobile phones sought

THE POWER Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) said it plans to contest the financial penalties imposed by the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) in connection with its alleged withholding of power plant capacity, which is thought to have contributed to the spikes in market prices over a year ago.

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue has widened the scope of electronic filing and payment of income tax in line with its drive to constantly revolutionize tax filing and payment as well as ease the process of doing business. Despite significant advances in technology, there was  meager compliance by taxpayers in filing their returns electronically, the agency said. The BIR noted that only three percent of taxpayers submitted their payments online through the electronic filing and payment system (eFPS) or electronic BIR forms last year. Among those required to file their tax returns electronically are accredited and prospective importers and brokers; national government agencies; licensed local contractors; recipients of fiscal incentives;  top 5,000 individual taxpayers, corporations with a paid up capital of P10 million and above; procuring government agencies, government bidders, large taxpayers and the top 20,000 private corporations. Also mandated to use the eFPS are accredited tax practitioners and their clients, accredited printers of receipts, one-time transaction taxpayers, state-owned firms, local government units and cooperatives registered with the National Electrification Administration and Local Water Utilities Administration. The agency mandated the use of the electronic tax payment facility to make it convenient for taxpayers to file their returns anytime and anywhere. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said the government “aims to dramatically increase the number of taxpayers filing returns electronically to ease taxpayer experience and in the process encourage more people to pay taxes.”

(Conclusion) We can be emotionally healthy individually, but an organization, a community and an entire nation can also manifest collective emotional health. Needless to say, that depends highly on the emotional health or emotional intelligence of the leader of the organization, the community, or a country. A leader must have high emotional intelligence to develop a high level of collective emotional health in his or her people. One cannot give or develop something which one does not have or only have a meager supply of. A highly emotionally intelligent leader is likely to be successful in leading his/her organization through whatever crisis they may be confronted with. From executing an organizational plan to attaining a nation’s agenda and vision, leaders in all walks of life are able to inspire hope in their people that no matter what the setbacks are, together as a united team and not as disunited fragments, they will be able to weather all the “storms” and achieve their collective dreams and aspirations. Hence, an emotionally healthy leader must possess all the qualities that will enable him/her to inspire hope in his or her people. And no challenge or setback can be strong enough to push the organization’s members, a community’s constituents, or the country’s citizens to a state of hopelessness and despair. Qualities leaders must have Integrity, character, intelligence, competence and facility for effective communication are all important qualities exemplary leaders must have. But without emotional intelligence, leaders are standing on shaky grounds and a tumult Read More …