1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (340+ words) The Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) Letter of Authority (LOA) is a legal tool for accountability. Its purpose is to authorize a tax audit, define its scope, identify the revenue officers empowered to conduct it and protect due process by…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (841+ words) In politics, there are true believers and then there are those who can smell a camera from three barangays away. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has long curated an image: loyal DDS, standard-bearer, political heir by association to Rodrigo Duterte. The branding…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (687+ words) A POLICE official from Bacolod City is now in "hot water" after he allegedly acting as a protector of a Chinese crime syndicate engaged in illegal cigarette manufacturing, smuggling and operation of E-sabong in Negros Occidental. Remulla said an active…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (285+ words) There must be an endgame to the recent disclosures involving alleged bank transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her family. It cannot be all disclosures with no closure. The revelations made by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (504+ words) IN A major move to solidify Central Visayas as a premier destination for the digital arts, the Cebu Creative Entertainment Council (CCEC) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Central Visayas launched a landmark partnership on Friday, April…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (504+ words) Sun Star Publishing Inc. In response to Pope Leo XIV's appeal for leaders of the warring nations to go back to the negotiating table, the Donald Trump administration has appealed to the traditional just war theory to justify its aggressive…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (260+ words) THE Bacolod City Council has approved on first reading an ordinance establishing the Bacolod City Energy Efficiency Code for Buildings. The ordinance was authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito, chairperson of the City Council committee on human resource and development. Distrito…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (482+ words) I was initially heavily invested in the day-to-day goings-on in the Middle East following the United States and Israel's unprovoked and illegal airstrikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, 2026. For three weeks, I was on edge " not because I thought this…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (530+ words) IN THE middle of the ongoing crises we are facing, the government's energy saving and austerity measures, frequent power interruptions, rising fuel prices, and the steady increase in the cost of basic commodities, one word keeps coming back to me:…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (295+ words) MANILA" A proposal seeking to ban children below 16 years old from accessing social media platforms has been filed in the Senate. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday said the measure aims to protect minors from harmful digital exposure and unsafe online…...