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1st of 2 Parts   Background   It has been almost six years since the President issued Executive Order (EO) No. 5 mandating all government agencies to align their respective strategies to AmBisyon Natin 2040, a NEDA-initiated project started in 2015 and completed during the...

The current situation   Let us now take a quick look at our country’s current situation. We are still facing severe and multiple crises, including a health crisis, an economic crisis, an education crisis, an environmental crisis, and a social justice crisis. Given that 2022...

The current situation   Let us now take a quick look at our country’s current situation. We are still facing severe and multiple crises, including a health crisis, an economic crisis, an education crisis, an environmental crisis, and a social justice crisis. Given that 2022...

73rd MAP INAUGURAL MEETING 2022 and INDUCTION OF 2022 MAP BOARD OF GOVERNORS (upper row l-r(sad) Mr. ALFREDO “Fred” E. PASCUAL (President), Lead Independent Director, SM Investments Corporation and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor BENJAMIN “Ben” E. DIOKNO. (middle row l-r(sad) Dr. DONALD P. LIM...

PUSH FOR CHANGE:  Towards a Better Future for All is the MAP Theme for 2022. In line with this theme, the MAP will pursue three main thrusts:      POLICY REFORM FOR ECONOMIC DYNAMISM – Push for vital policy reforms through executive or legislative action...

Let me start by wishing you all a much better year in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021. Hopefully, this year will be safer, healthier, happier and more prosperous for everyone. But will it really or will it be 2020 too? Let’s address our risk...

For all the pain and suffering caused by the coronavirus infection, it has also given us reasons for optimism about the future.   A major cause for elation about what is arguably the worst viral scourge in recent memory is how it has hastened the...

In its 2018 Resolution, Virata v. Ng Wee, affirmed in toto the foregoing rulings in dismissing the motions for reconsideration filed by the petitioning directors and officers of Wincorp, and thereby solidifying the doctrine that when it comes to corporations vested with public interests, such...

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has been making deficiency tax assessments on the income payments made by local companies and agencies to non-resident foreign corporations (NFRCs) particularly tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook (or Meta). The deficiency tax assessments include non-withholding of final...