[See also SEC Rules on Principal Offic Address; and Memorandum Circular No. 6, series of 2014]
TO : ALL CONCERNED
SUBJECT : PRINCIPAL OFFICE ADDRESS OF CORPORATIONS
AND PARTNERSHIPS
[See also Rules on Principal Office Address; and SEC Memorandum Circular No. 16, series of 2014]
Company Registration and Monitoring Department
TO : ALL CONCERNED
SUBJECT : AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE ADDRESS
Continue readingThe Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. (FILSCAP) threw its support behind the proposed “OPM Development Act of 2014” (House Bill No. 4218), sponsored by Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat. The stand of FILSCAP is explained in this Q&A, reproduced here with permission.
Continue readingIf you search the internet, there are various write-ups on the rule that any rent increase should not be more than 7% per year. It’s not surprising, however, that some landlords or lessors have increased rents by an amount higher than 7%. So, what is the coverage of the existing rent control law?
Continue readingBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Continue readingIn preparation for the pilot test of Rules 22 and 24 of the proposed Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), The Asia Foundation, USAID and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), conducted pre-pilot seminar workshops in various parts of the country. Part of the seminar-workshop is a video for the face-to-face trial under the proposed rules. The video, entitled “A Pound of Flesh“, is definitely a helpful learning aid considering the “paradigm shift” in the proposed rules.
Continue reading[See also: Face-to-Face Trial, Training Video]
FROM THE DESK OF:
ATTY. MA. LOURDES E.B. OLIVEROS
Chief Justice Staff Head
Office of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno
11 August 2014
ATTY. ENRIQUETA ESGUERRA-VIDAL
Clerk of Court
En Banc
Dear Atty. Vidal:
Pursuant to the 18 March 2014 Resolution of the Court en banc in A.M. No. 14- 03-02-SC and the Memorandum of the Office of the Court Administrator dated 5 August 2014 providing a list of courts to pilot test Rules 22 and 24 of the proposed Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, we request for the “[p]ublication of Rules 22 and 24 of the proposed Revised Rules of Civil Procedure in a newspaper of general circulation at least 6 months before the start of their actual piloting in the selected stations,” as attached.
Continue readingRepublic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Intramuros, Manila
A number of our importer-clients have been complaining about the Manila City port congestion and the apparent lack of communication between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BoC) when it comes to the requirements relating to the Importer’s Clearance Certificate (ICC) and Broker’s Clearance Certificate (BCC). A welcome development is the issuance of Revenue Memorandum 1-2015 (summary and full text below). Continue reading