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BusinessWorld May 19, 2021 | 9:17 pm THE Senate on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill extending estate tax amnesty for two years.  Senate Bill 2208 will amend Republic Act 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act by extending the availment period to June 14, 2023.  Senator Pilar Juliana S. Cayetano, who sponsored the bill, earlier said travel restrictions amid a coronavirus pandemic affected applications for tax amnesty.  RA 11213, which took effect on June 15, 2019 and will expire on June 15, gives a one-time opportunity for taxpayers to settle their unpaid estate taxes...

BusinessWorld May 19, 2021 | 9:16 pm PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS ALMOST half of almost 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer, Inc. have been given out, the Health department said on Tuesday, almost two weeks after the government received the shipment under a global initiative for equal access. About 30,115 Filipinos have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, Health Undersecretary Myrna C. Cabotaje told an online news briefing. Ms. Cabotaje, who heads the National Vaccination Operations Center, said the Philippines targets to finish the rollout ...

BusinessWorld May 19, 2021 | 9:15 pm THE PHILIPPINE Hospital Association on Wednesday said members are in a tight financial spot due to unpaid claims from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for coronavirus patients since the start of the pandemic. “This is now causing severe financial distress to private hospitals as well as the government hospitals,” the association’s president, Jaime A. Almora, told a Senate economic affairs committee hearing on the status of government measures for industries hit hard by the pandemic. Mr. Almora did not give an estimat...

BusinessWorld May 17, 2021 | 7:53 pm Reporters HEALTH authorities on Monday flagged the increasing coronavirus cases in northern Philippines after nine more people from Cagayan Valley got infected with the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom. “This might explain why cases are increasing in Tuguegarao City,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told an online news briefing on Monday. “We will submit samples for whole genome sequencing.” The region had 2,835 active coronavirus cases as of May 16. The UK COVID-19 variant is said to...

Philippines to again protest Chinese ships at sea BusinessWorld 3 hrs ago Reporters THE PHILIPPINES’ top envoy on Thursday ordered his agency to file another diplomatic protest against China for the continued presence of almost 300 ships in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. “Fire a diplomatic protest,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro  Locsin, Jr. tweeted. He also criticized a Philippine Task for failing to alert the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) before issuing a statement on the Chinese ships. Hundreds of Chinese militia vessels were still scattered around the Spr...