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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment - Northern Mindanao (DOLE-10) on Friday said workers in areas affected by the Alert Level 3 or higher that was set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) can avail of cash assistance. During an online media forum, DOLE-10 Director Alber Gutib said this is a one-time cash assistance of PHP5,000 under the agency's Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3. He said CAMP 3 is to help the workers who were affected by permanent closures of the establishments and those who were retrenched as a result of the pandemic. However, the ass...

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law reducing the preferential tax rate of 10 percent to 1 percent imposed on proprietary educational institutions. Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) 11635 on Dec. 10, 2021, amending Section 27 (B) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997. "Hospitals which are nonprofit and proprietary educational institutions shall pay a tax of 10 percent on their taxable income except those covered by Subsection (D) hereof: Provided, that beginning July 1, 2020 until June 30, 2023, the tax rate herein imposed shall be 1 percent," the law, released ...

DAVAO CITY - The Department of Health - Davao Region (DOH-11) has not detected the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant here as the city continues to record a low number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force said Thursday. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, the city's Covid-19 task force spokesperson, however, said despite having no cases yet of the deadly variant, Dabawenyos should remain vigilant and continue practicing minimum public health standard (MPHS) protocols. She also urged residents to take the opportunity of having themselves immunized against the virus....

NCRPO chief, Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday touted its accomplishments in its war against crime and ongoing efforts to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Citing the latest data, NCRPO Chief, Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division reported 97,208 crime incidents recorded from Nov. 10, 2020 to Dec. 5, 2021, which marks a 15-percent drop from the 114,787 crime incidents logged from Oct. 15, 2019 to Nov. 9, 2020. Meanwhile, the Regional Ope...