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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.

In a bid to restart the economy, the government has rolled back most pandemic measures. With this, more and more employees are reporting to the office either as needed, pursuant to a set schedule, or for the entire workweek

It is the mandate of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to attract foreign investments through the establishment of various economic zones in the Philippines.

ACCRALAW held a seminar on Promoting Foreign Investments in the Philippines on 17 August 2022 at Shangri-la at the Fort. Among the recent laws discussed were the amendments to the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RA 11595), Foreign Investments Act (RA 11647), and the Public Service Act (RA 11659). The Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act or CREATE (RA 115434) was also discussed.

Patents involve inventions where the law grants exclusive rights to the registrant, such as the right to commercialize and use the invention.

The Angara Abello Concepcion Regala Cruz Law Offices or ACCRALAW recently concluded a seminar on the latest laws geared to promote foreign investments.