Small sari-sari store and carinderia owners here scored as “anti-poor” policy the new Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) memorandum requiring them to file income tax returns and to issue receipts to customers.
American, European and Japanese chambers of commerce have signed an agreement to form a Southern Mindanao Growth Corridor to open investments here in Mindanao that will serve as their gateway for the Asian market.
Netizens complained of slow internet speed in the country, a criticism corroborated by a report released by an internet broadband testing company which ranked Philippines as the 158th in 190 countries that have the slowest internet speed in Southeast Asian Region.
Speaking at the Club 888 business forum, marketing directors from various malls said the first Fun Sale hosted by the DOT increased food traffic and tourist shoppers.
Long queues and complaints filled the last day of the filing of personal income tax at the Bureua of Internal Revenue Davao region office. The BIR projected some 23,000 people from the city to file their taxes, and indeed the last hour was a scramble for people to beat the deadline.