BIR halts order hiking tax on private schools

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       BIR halts order hiking tax on private schools After receiving flak for an alleged erroneous interpretation of tax rules, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stopped the implementation of a regulation which would have jacked up the income taxes paid by private schools by 150 percent.   Inquirer Plus starts at P149/month   Carpio idea vs trolls welcomed, but ... Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio’s proposal that news agencies and social media platforms require their online users to disclose their true identities might be “well-meaning” but is “not feasible,” according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.    TRACERS ON WHEELS Some residents are fetched for swab testing at Barangay San Dionisio in Parañaque City on Thursday, after two COVID-19 cases were confirmed in one of the neighborhoods, setting off contact-tracing procedures that included placing the area on so-called granular lockdown. —Richard A. Reyes   Register here   Central Luzon folk still fleeing floods ​ CITY OF BALANGA—More than 1,500 families in Central Luzon fled flooded villages as rains due to the southwest monsoon hit several provinces in the region on Thursday. In Bataan, 181 villages were evacuated while the Pampanga towns of Macabebe and Masantol were placed under a state of calamity.   Take our news quiz!   Opinion: Retreading old ground​ In the lead-up to President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar promised that the speech would be “etched in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people.”   Sign up here   SUBSCRIBE  FOLLOW  SUGGEST     © 2021 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe