Amicus Curiae

As we all know, a huge portion of our government coffers are derived from taxation. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is the agency mandated by law to enforce tax laws, assess, and collect national taxes.

To recall, under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) issued Department Order No. 174, series of 2017 (“DoLE DO 174-17”).

On 29 September 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) rendered its Opinion No. 21, Series of 2022 (“Opinion”), holding that the 40% foreign equity limitation as provided under the 1987 Constitution should not apply to the exploration, development, and utilization of inexhaustible renewable energy (“RE”) resources.

The unregulated purchase, use, and deactivation of SIM cards made it difficult for law enforcement agencies to identify and apprehend those who commit wrongdoings with the use of cellular phones.

In this age of rapidly evolving technology and the enduring risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers and employees alike have forged a new “normal” of the working environment—the work-from-home arrangement.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (“BSP”) issued last 5 September 2022 BSP Circular No. 1153 (the “Circular”) which institutionalizes a regulatory sandbox framework to better evaluate entities under its regulatory purview that offer or use financial products/services utilizing emerging or new technology.

The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has finally provided a solution. Registered
enterprises of the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector
may now adopt, on a long-term basis, flexible work arrangements with no adverse effects on
their existing incentives.

Apart from the much-awaited text message that your Lazada or Shopee delivery is out for delivery or the one-time pin that closes your transaction, another type of text message frequents our mobile phones nowadays—scam text messages.

Our water supply may soon be unsustainable. There is a dearth of clean water in certain parts of our country. The adverse impact of climate change puts pressure on our water security and ultimately on our health, safety, and economy.