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Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 18 dated May 18, 2020, providing for the guidelines on the cost of Covid-19 prevention and control measures. The employer shall shoulder the cost of Covid-19 prevention and...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 17 dated May 18, 2020, providing for the guidelines on employment preservation upon resumption of business operation. The DOLE encourages employers to adopt work-from-home...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 47-2020 dated May 11, 2020, prescribing for the guidelines on temporary measures adopted by taxpayers relative to the receipting/invoicing requirements during the...

By: Atty. Mark Anthony Tamayo on May 14,2020 One significant trade facilitation measure in customs clearance procedure and formalities was the adoption of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) provisions relating to provisional or incomplete goods declaration (PGD) in the Customs Modernization and Tariff...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Department Order No. 213, which prescribes for the guidelines in the prescription of actions and suspension of reglementary periods to file pleadings, motions, and documents before the DOLE Regional...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Interim Guidelines on Workplace Prevention and Control of Covid-19 issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on April 30, 2020. The DTI and DOLE Interim Guidelines is issued to...

By: Atty Gerardo Maximo Francisco on May 7,2020 At some point, the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) still in effect in many areas in the Philippines will be downgraded by the government to the level of a general community quarantine (GCQ). Hopefully, this vital decision to shift to a GCQ will...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Office of the Commissioner (Ocom) Memo No. 89-2020 dated April 23, 2020, entitled, “Extending the Suspension of Actual and Face-to-Face Seizure and Forfeiture Proceedings”. The BOC declared that Memorandum dated...

Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Office of the Commissioner (Ocom) Memo No. 82-2020 dated April 13, 2020, entitled, “Online Submission of Documents for Export Processing”. The BOC allowed its accredited exporters, licensed custom brokers, and...