The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
On the evening of September 22, 1762, the British fleet entered Manila Bay. As part of the Seven Years War in Europe, the city was captured by the British that year until 1764, when it was returned to Spain following the Treaty of Paris of 1763. You may want to read: British Siege of Manila … Read more
Through the directive of the commissioner of customs to alert all incoming shipment of consignees with smuggling records, another shipment of ASD Total Package Enterprises Inc. suspected to contain misdeclared agricultural products was intercepted at the Manila International Container Port. The eight suspected containers arrived at the Manila International Container Port(MICP) on August 14, 2018, … Read more
The installation of modular floating docks in El Nido is a pioneering project of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) in El Nido, Palawan aimed at providing better and safer tourist experience. “We want tourists to be safe wherever they go and this is the start.” TIEZA Chief Operating Officer Pocholo Paragas … Read more
Current status of the Philippines’ tax incentives system: “It’s complicated.” Here in the Philippines, overly generous tax incentives are granted to businesses to the point that costs outweigh benefits. Every peso granted by the government as a tax incentive is potential revenue that could have been used for health, education, and infrastructure. … Read more
On this day, Dr.Jose Rizal’s El Filibusterismo was printed in Ghent, Belgium on Sept.18, 1891. Also known as “The Reign of Greed,” the novel was dedicated in memory of the executed priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora known as the “Gomburza.” Written in Spanish, the novel inspired the people of the Philippines to … Read more