Why BIR requires customs brokers to get clearance

 Entertainment
Jun 272014
 
Why BIR requires customs brokers to get clearance

Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henarez advises the camp of boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to talk with the BIR to know all the problems on the garnishment order against his bank accounts during a press conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday (Nov. 28, 2013). Flanking her are BIR Deputy Commissioner Estela V. Sales (left) and Atty. Albert Opon. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares said customs brokers and importers are required to get clearance from the BIR before they can transact with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to help boost government’s drive against smuggling. Henares said the new requirements will ensure that customs brokers and importers are involved in legitimate businesses. “Kung talagang nagnenegosyo kayo, every month nagfa-file kayo ng tax returns, at every quarter nagfa-file kayo ng income tax returns. Ginagamit ‘yung records ng BIR para masigurado na talagang kayo ay lehitimong importer o kaya lehitimong customs broker,” she said. Henares also clarified that the BIR will only give clearances to importers and brokers through the Importer Clearance Certificate or the Broker Clearance Certificate, and it is the BOC that will give the accreditation. “Hindi kami nag a-accredit. Ang requirement ng Bureau of Customs bago sila ma-accredit ng Customs ay kailangang pumunta sila ng Bureau of Internal Revenue at kumuha sila ng clearance na talagang nagbabayad sila ng buwis,” she said. Customs brokers are opposing the new directive issued by the Department of Finance, Read More …

‘Dading’ inspires viewers

 Entertainment
Jun 272014
 
'Dading' inspires viewers

DADING, a combination of “Daddy” and “bading”, is a light yet emotionally compelling story that invites viewers to take on the challenge and become the best parent that they can be for their children. The series, which started airing on GMA Network’s Afternoon Prime block, offers character portrayals that will definitely resonate the value of commitment, love and sacrifice of being a parent. Portraying the lead role is Gabby Eigenmann as Carding who is out to prove how fulfilling it is to become a parent despite any circumstance. Meanwhile, resembling what a mother can sacrifice for her own child is Beth to be portrayed by Kapuso leading lady Glaiza De Castro. Harping on the sensibility of viewers are portrayals by Benjamin Alves as Joemer, a man who sincerely desires to prove himself as a good father, and Chynna Ortaleza as Celine who’s willing to give it all for the man she loves. Adding more flavor in the series are the characters of Gardo Versoza, Shamaine Buencamino, Toby Alejar, Mymy Davao, RJ Padilla and Zarah Mae Deligero. Carding (Gabby) is an adult gay man who decided to raise as his own daughter the love child of his best friend, Beth and her lover, Joemer. Despite Beth’s shortcomings as a mother for Precious (Zarah Mae), Carding patiently understands and even assures Beth how grateful he is to be a parent to Precious. Meanwhile, Beth continues to strive to finish her studies not only for herself but for the future of her daughter. Read More …

More countries adding graphic warnings to smokes

 News
Jun 272014
 
More countries adding graphic warnings to smokes

In this June 24, 2014 file photo, new packs of cigarettes displaying pictorial health warnings are arranged on the counter by a shop attendant for photographers at a convenience store in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tobacco companies on Tuesday largely snubbed an Indonesian law requiring them to put graphic photo warnings on all cigarette packs being sold, marking another setback in a country that’s home to the world’s highest rate of men smokers and a wild, wild west of advertising. AP FILE PHOTO JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia became the newest country to mandate graphic photo warnings on cigarette packs on Tuesday, joining more than 40 other nations or territories that have adopted similar regulations in recent years. The warnings, which showcase gruesome close-up images ranging from rotting teeth and cancerous lungs to open tracheotomy holes and corpses, are an effort to highlight the risks of health problems related to smoking. Research suggests these images have prompted people to quit, but the World Health Organization estimates nearly 6 million people continue to die globally each year from smoking-related causes. The tobacco industry has fought government efforts to introduce or increase the size of graphic warnings in some countries. Here are a few places where pictorial health warnings have made headlines: ____ INDONESIA: THE LAW: 40 percent of pack covered by graphic photos. TIMING: Deadline to be on shelves was June 24. BACKGROUND: Many tobacco companies missed Tuesday’s deadline to comply with the new law requiring all cigarette packs in stores to carry graphic Read More …

Third Filipino to be repatriated from Iraq arriving Saturday

 General
Jun 272014
 
Third Filipino to be repatriated from Iraq arriving Saturday

Volunteers in the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after called for by the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr to form brigades to protect Shiite holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The third Filipino to be repatriated from Iraq is set to arrive in the Philippines Saturday following the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) implementation of mandatory repatriation in the strife-torn country. “A Female OFW will be repatriated from Iraq and is due to arrive in Manila Saturday, June 28, via Etihad flight EY424 at 3:20pm,” DFA spokesman Charles Jose said in a text advisory to reporters Friday. “She is the third Filipino who has availed of the mandatory repatriation program,” Jose added. Iraq is faced with a growing insurgency by an armed group that calls itself ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) that has captured and controlled various towns around the capital city of Baghdad. DFA has raised crisis alert level 4 last June 19 citing the rapidly deteriorating security situation. Fierce gun fights have been reported between government forces and the rebel groups as they battle for control of territory and several vital structures such as oil refineries. US has previously ordered the deployment of 275 soldiers to Baghdad in order to protect the US embassy there from the rebel group. Jose said that the majority of the 900 Filipinos in Iraq are Read More …

Philippine leader Aquino pledges Muslim autonomy law by January

 General
Jun 262014
 
Philippine leader Aquino pledges Muslim autonomy law by January

Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed Friday to deliver self-rule to minority Muslims by January 2015, in line with a peace treaty signed with its largest rebel group. “We’re hoping that all the steps will be finished (so) that they can take position by January of 2015,” he told reporters. The pledge followed Aquino’s surprise meeting in Japan on Tuesday with Murad Ebrahim, the country’s top Muslim rebel, to address growing concerns over delays in implementing the peace deal signed in March. The pact made Murad’s Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government partners in a plan to pass a law creating the autonomous region by mid-2016, when Aquino is required by the constitution to stand down. Muslim rebels have been battling for independence or autonomy in the southern islands of the mainly Catholic Philippines since the 1970s, with the conflict claiming tens of thousands of lives. A commission composed of rebel and government nominees drafted a proposed “basic law” for the autonomous region, and it was submitted to Aquino in April as part of a timeframe to have Congress pass it by June. However, Aquino said Friday: “There’s a need to further refine the language so that it really states a meeting of the minds of both parties.” Aquino said he and Murad reviewed the “broad strokes on how to come up with the basic law that will ensure swift passage in Congress,” during a 10-minute meeting on the sidelines of a Hiroshima peace conference. He said their representatives Read More …

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