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8 METRO John Henry Dodson, Editor Tuesday, 9 April <strong>2019</strong> Daily Tribune Why no HDO vs Gaza? DoJ probes status of cases Convicted in June, social media personality was able to leave Phl in September By Elmer N. Manuel The Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday slammed Xian Gaza, a man who has gained fame or notoriety over his alleged involvement in investment scams and for his social media stunts, including using a billboard to ask someone for a date. The BI took particular offense over the claim of Gaza that he was able to leave the Philippines despite having three outstanding warrants of arrest for his alleged involvement in scams. In a statement, the bureau said Gaza was able to leave the country on 30 September 2018 because there was no hold-departure order (HDO) or arrest Incognito Xian Gaza with new hair style and face mask during his airport caper. By Jennie Bonajos The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) yesterday reminded taxpayers that they have until 15 April to file their income tax returns (ITR). It also stressed that there will be no extension of deadline as it noted that the process now has been made easier with fewer forms needed to be submitted by taxpayers. By Jennie Bonajos The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) yesterday reminded taxpayers that they have until 15 April to file their income tax returns (ITR). It also stressed that there will be no extension of deadline noting that the process now has been made easier with fewer forms needed to be submitted by the taxpayers. BIR Deputy Commissioner for Operations Arnel Guballa, said filing of the ITR after the deadline will be subject to 25 percent surcharge on the amount due, 12 percent delinquency interest and the graduated compromise penalties. Guballa added an individual with two ITR filing deadline set It also stressed that there will be no more extension of deadline noting that the process now has been made easier BIR Deputy Commissioner for Operations Arnel Guballa said filing of the ITR after the deadline will be subject to 25 percent surcharge on the amount due, 12 percent delinquency interest and the graduated compromise penalties. Guballa added an individual with two or more employers and receiving purely compensation income may download the new BIR Form 1700 at the BIR website (www.bir. gov.ph) and manually file it at the revenue or more employers and receiving purely compensation income may download the new BIR Form No. 1700 at the BIR website (www. bir.gov.ph) and manually file it at the revenue district office where he is registered. Single proprietors, professionals, mixed income earner, estates and trusts shall download the offline eBIRForms Package v7.4.1 to fill up the new BIR Form Nos. 1701 and 1701A. Lastly, for corporations, partnership and other non-individual taxpayers should use the electronic filing and payment system, or the offline eBIRForms Packagev7.4.1 using the existing or old BIR Form Nos. 1702-RT, 1702-EX, or 1702-MX. district office where he is registered. Corporations, partnership and other non-individual taxpayers should use the electronic filing and payment system. Single proprietors, professionals, mixed income earner, estates and trusts shall download the offline eBIRForms Package v7.4.1 to fill up the new BIR Form 1701 and 1701A. Lastly, for corporations, partnership and other non-individual taxpayers should use the electronic filing and payment system, or the offline eBIRForms Packagev7.4.1 using the existing or old BIR Form 1702-RT, 1702- EX or 1702-MX. By Pat C. Santos Policemen and operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a notorious pusher with links to so-called “ninja cops” and “narco politicians” in a dawn raid in Sampaloc, Manila yesterday. PMaj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar told reporters that Porfirio Pementera, a leader of the Pementera Gang allegedly supplying drugs in Manila and Quezon City, was nabbed with two others in an apartment along Simoun Street. Collared with Pementera, who yielded over half a kilo of suspected shabu with a street value of P3.5 million, were barangay tanod and “look out” Joseph de la Cruz and “runner” Orlando Naguinlin. The three fell in a buy-bust operation conducted by combined elements of the By Raymart Lolo The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already printed 59 million or 93 percent of its total requirement for ballots to be used in the May midterm elections, its spokesman James Jimenez said yesterday. Jimenez said they’ve already printed a total of 59,298,986 ballots which are already “93.16 percent of the Stunt Gaza with actress Erich Gonzales whom he asked out on a date through an expensive billboard post. warrant against him at the time. However, a Malabon court on 21 June 2018 found Gaza guilty of 11 counts of violating the Anti-Bouncing Check Law and sentenced him to be jailed for five years and six months. Last February, Gaza was able to have the decision suspended as he put it on appeal. He was also allowed to post bail. The bureau is already studying possible actions against Gaza. The Department of Justice said it would investigate the matter, especially the status of the cases against Gaza. Foremost in the minds of netizens is, why was there no HDO against Gaza by September, as claimed by BI, when he was already convicted by the Malabon court four months prior to his departure? “While the warrants may have already been nullified by the bail, still why was there no HDO against him during the pendency of his appeal?” a netizen asked. The BI flatly denied a number of Gaza’s claims, including his purported conversation with a BI officer. Gaza’s story posted on Facebook had so many loopholes that those who know basic airport security procedures would know them to be false, BI said. “His story sounds like it was taken straight out of an action movie. He said it to himself, his story is based on what happened. But sadly, it’s not what actually happened,” BI spokesman Dana Sandoval said. “The story is preposterous, similar to other claims he made in the past. If you know regular airport procedures, his story sounds silly,” she added. Sandoval said once an individual has a hit for an existing HDO or warrant of arrest, the person will immediately be prohibited from leaving the country. “Since he had no derogatory record when he left, he was cleared for departure. It was quite uneventful and ordinary, really. No Hollywood-level story line, just regular immigration clearance,” said Sandoval. The bureau is already studying possible actions against Gaza. Ninja cops’ pusher falls requirement.” The remaining ballots to be printed are those for the National Capital Region, he added. Jimenez said the remaining 4,363,495 ballots to be printed will be completed within the week or before the Holy Week break. The printing of ballots started on 9 February this year. Meanwhile, the Comelec yesterday urged candidates National Capital Region Police Office, PDEA National Capital Region and Manila Police District (MPD) Sampaloc Police Station 4. NCRPO, MPD, PDEA arrest leader of “Pementera group.” A neighbor tipped the police on the alleged drug-dealing activities of Pementera, who was renting the apartment unit that served as his hideout and drug den. No less than 82 sachets of shabu with a combined weight of 516 grams were seized from Pementera, along with a handheld radio, a cal. 22 revolver and drug paraphernalia. Pementera’s group was tagged with local narco-politicians, including village councilman Ronnie Labongray who was killed by the police in an anti-drug operation on 28 March. 93% ballots already printed By Miguel Paolo Togonon Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director P/Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel Jr. reported yesterday the rounding up of 3,215 persons for violations of various laws and ordinances in the May midterm elections to keep their poll spending within what was prescribed by the law. 4,363,495 ballots will be printed within the week. This, as it vowed to prosecute after the elections those who are engaged in excessive campaigning by using advertisements on print, broadcast and social media. QCPD rounds up 3,215 THE Comelec expects to complete ballot printing before the Holy Week. within a 24-hour period ending 5 a.m. of 8 April. The La Loma Police Station (PS 1) under PLt. Col. Camlon Nasdoman accosted 296 for different traffic violations. The Masambong Police Station (PS 2) under P/Lt. Col. Rodrigo Soriano accosted seven for drinking liquor in public, 32 for smoking violations, two for roaming around half-naked, 11 for jaywalking and one for urinating in public. Other arrests were broken down as follows: Talipapa Police Station (PS 3) under P/Lt. Col. Alex Alberto, 62 for traffic violations; Novaliches Police Station (PS4) under P/Lt. Col. Rossel Cejas, six for smoking and 65 for traffic violations.
SHE STEERS HER OWN LIFE ZION BAGS ‘NAISMITH’ CEZA ECOZONE CENTER LAUNCHED WHERE ARE THE TIGERS? P19 P13 P10 P17 Jun Vallecera, Editor Tuesday, 9 April <strong>2019</strong> Daily Tribune BUSINESS 9 Soft demand prompts partial T-bill award It could be that the participants are weighing in some of the possible policy movements in the next quarter, given the several pronouncements of the BSP By Joshua Lao Diminished demand for government securities prompted the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) on Monday to partially award the sale of Treasury bills (T-bills). A shift in demand favoring the short-end was observed at the auctions where the rates generally improved. But even with this development, Deputy Treasurer Erwin Sta. Ana said investor preference remains on the long-end of the curve given the past Malpass begins 5-year WB stint Mons. Raffaello Martinelli, the Primicerio of the Basilica of St. Ambrose in Rome and St. Charles, wrote an article which I would like to share. Martinelli’s fragments of the Catholic truth provides a snapshot of the relationship and direction of politics and the Christian faith. When society is founded on a legitimately constituted State, where law and not the arbitrary will of men, is sovereign, such a state requires and guarantees free and universal elections. A proper conception of the dignity of the human person and protection of his rights is accorded to all of its citizenry. It is also a mandate of the State to have a coherent vision and achievement of the common good as an end and regulating criterion of political life. Allowing for a diffused participation in government and co-responsibility at various levels and according to the respective capacities of all citizens will help build a strong State. There must also be respect for one’s political, cultural, economic and religious autonomy — and that of others. In a democratic society, the subject of political autonomy is the people, auctions’ results. “If you look at the trading behavior in the past week, most of the trades were actually done in the intermediate to long-end of the curve. So, we still see demand in the longer tenor and we will see that in the 10-year auction on Wednesday,” Sta. Ana told reporters. Rates for the 91-day benchmark stood at 5.612 percent, a 2.3 basis point improvement from 5.635 percent week-ago. But yields for both the 182- and 364-day Malpass has served on the boards of the Council of the Americas, Economic Club of New York and the National Committee on US-China Relations MALPASS The executive directors of the World Bank have unanimously selected David Malpass as president of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning today, 9 April. The board expressed its deep gratitude to interim president Kristalina Georgieva for her dedication and leadership in recent months. Malpass previously served as undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs for the United States. As undersecretary, Malpass represented the United States in international settings, including the G-7 and G-20 Deputy Finance Ministerial, World Bank-IMF Spring and Annual Meetings and meetings of the Financial Stability Board, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. In his role as undersecretary, Malpass played a crucial role in several major World Bank Group reforms and initiatives, including the recent capital increase for IBRD and IFC. He was also instrumental in advancing the Debt Transparency Initiative, adopted by the World Bank and IMF, to increase public disclosure of debt and thereby reduce the frequency and severity of debt crises. Prior to becoming undersecretary, Malpass was an international economist and founder of a macroeconomics research firm based in New York City. Earlier in his career, Malpass served as the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Developing Nations and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Economic Affairs. In these roles, he focused on an array of economic, budget and foreign policy issues, such as the United States’ involvement in multilateral institutions, including the World Bank. Malpass has served on the boards of the Council of the Americas, Economic Club of New York and the National Committee on US-China Relations. Malpass earned his bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and his MBA from the University of Denver. He undertook advanced graduate work in international economics at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. The Church is not involved in, or linked to, and neither does it identify itself or mingle with, any political system or party who are considered in their totality as possessors of sovereignty. The political community and the Church are autonomous and independent of each other. The political community is constituted in order to be at the service of civil society, from which it derives and, in the ultimate analysis, therefore, at the service of the people and groups who make up the community. It is thus the duty of political authority: To guarantee the proper and ordered life of the community, by promoting the common good; To respect the principle of subsidiarity, which should not substitute the free activity of individuals and groups, but rather discipline them and sustain them in case of necessity; To allow oneself to be guided by moral order, “Which has its foundation in God who is its first principle and its ultimate end” (John XXIII, Pacem interries, n.270). It is precisely from this order, and not from one’s arbitrary decision or will power, that authority draws its moral legitimacy and the virtue tenors showed a 2.4 and a 12.1 basis point hike to 5.982 percent and 6.052 percent, respectively, compared to the previous 5.958 percent and 5.961 percent on the same. In all, the BTr sold P11.08 billion of the P15 billion on offer after attracting a total of P20.85 billion in tenders. According to the Treasury executive, the BTr’s decision to partially award its 182- and 364-day T-bills came from the undersubscription in both tenors. “The demand actually came in at the 91-day and the tenders just barely covered the offer sizes for the 182- and 364-day T-bills so the decision of the committee was to cut the auction for the latter two tenors at the rate where the market came in more,” Sta. Ana said. A ROBOT called "Pepper" is positioned near an entrance to a Microsoft Store location in Boston. “Ethical AI” has become a new corporate buzz phrase, slapped on internal review committees, fancy job titles, research projects and philanthropic initiatives. AP The Church and State to issue obligations; To recognize, respect and promote basic human and moral values; To formulate just laws, which are inconformity with the dignity of the human person and the dictate of proper reason. Therefore, the citizen is not obliged in conscience to follow the prescriptions of civil authority if they are against the By AJ Bajo requirements of moral order, the fundamental rights of persons or against the Gospel teachings; To inflict proportionate punishment on the basis of the gravity of crimes, which is aimed at making up for the disorder introduced by the offense; To guarantee public order and the security of people and To contribute towards the correction and the personal and social recover of the guilty. In what way is the Church involved in politics? “The Church is not involved in, or linked to, and neither does it identify itself or mingle with, any political system or party. It respects and promotes the sound and just secularity of the State. The Church CHAMBER LANE Jess Varela According to him, the sudden demand shift towards the 91-day T-bill was owed to the market opting to remain basically on the sidelines waiting for the next move of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and what it will do next when the Monetary Board meets on 9 May. Most of the trades were actually done in the intermediate to long-end of the curve. “It could be that the participants are weighing in some of the possible policy movements in the next quarter, given the several pronouncements of the BSP. But we think that somehow, demand is muted on the 182- and 364-(day), partly because of the holidays,” the BTr Listed property developer DoubleDragon Properties Corp. on Monday held a topping off ceremony for the 41-story Jollibee Tower, marking its official completion. DoubleDragon will be starting the handover to its tenants next month, it said in a filing to the stock exchange. The company is expecting the tower to contribute P631.8 million in recurring income annually. The Jollibee Tower is the eighth in the company’s office tower portfolio in addition to Towers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the DoubleDragon Plaza, the DD Center-East and DD Center-West in DD Meridian Park and the Corporate Tower of Skysuites. The premium-grade commercial and office tower is situated on a 3,002-square meter (sq.m.) commercial lot in the Ortigas central business district. It has a totable leasable area of 59,365 sq.m. and will have Jollibee does not propose concrete decisions to be taken, programs to be implemented, political campaigns to be undertaken and persons to be voted. All these realities are ‘technical matters for which the Magisterium neither possesses the proportionate means nor mission’ (Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno).” It is also a mandate of the State to have a coherent vision and achievement of the common good as an end and regulating criterion of political life. “The Church respects the legitimate autonomy of the democratic order and does not have the title to express preferences for one or the other institutional or constitutional solution” (John Paul II, Cenesimusannus, 47). Though the Church and political community have visible organizational structures, they differ in nature either due to their configuration, or due to the objectives which they pursue. It is quite true that the objectives of the official said. “There’s muted trading in past days because of the short working week this week and next so banks also would need a certain liquidity to service client requirements. So, this could also somehow explain that (shift),” he added. In an unrelated event, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III bared an illicit activity uncovered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in which tax stamps on sold cigarettes are collected and affixed on new ones. He directed the BIR to coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry to put a stop to the illegal use of tax stamps and hold to account those engaged in it. A MAN takes a picture of Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih during the inaugural Gulf Intelligence Saudi Arabia Energy Forum at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the oil market was "moving towards balance," and that producers may not need to make additional output cuts. AFP DoubleDragon completes Jollibee tower Jollibee Tower is pre-certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Foods Corp. as anchor tenant. The ground floor will feature retail concepts of the Jollibee Group while the second floor will serve as an events center, DoubleDragon said. The rest of the floors will be leased as office spaces. The tower is equipped with 1,149 parking slots or four basement parking floors and eight podium parking floors, as well as green garden decks and a helipad. Jollibee Tower is pre-certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. DoubleDragon is eyeing a leasable portfolio of 1.2 million sqm by 2020, composed of 700,000 sqm of 100 CityMalls; 300,000 sqm from Metro Manila office projects DD Meridian Park and Jollibee Tower and 100,000 sqm from the planned 5,000 hotel rooms of Hotel101 and Jinjiang Inn Philippines. Another 100,000 sqm of industrial space will come from various CentralHub sites across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. DoubleDragon’s shares were sold for P23.25 apiece as of 11:57 a.m. on Monday, up 3.79 percent. Church and those of the State are of a different order. Both are however perfect organizations, endowed with their respective spheres of action. But it also true that both act in favor of a common subject: Man. Their separation does not exclude the collaboration. “The political community and the Church are autonomous and independent of each other. Though indifferent capacities, both are at the service of the personal and social vocation of the human persons” (GS 76). Precisely due to the fact that the Church is at the service of every person and his total growth it can and should: instruct and enlighten, as its, specific task, the conscience of the faithful, especially those of dedicated to their responsibility in political life, so that their actions may always be directed towards the service of total promotion of the person and the common good. Should the need arise, judge political actions, in so far as they have an ethical dimension. The line between church and state in this regard is narrow and perhaps, even gray. Amorally and ethically-grounded faithful, regardless of religious leanings, may make that line easier to straddle. A citizenry/faithful that is imbued with high moral and ethical values may just make for a more harmonious State and Church relationship.
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