US consumer inflation soars to new 40-year high
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 2022-01-13
U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in December as rental accommodation and used cars maintained their strong gains, culminating in the largest annual rise in inflation in nearly

A strategic plan for the Philippine economy
BusinessWorld - 2022-01-12
Despite the long-term view that a strategic planning exercise normally assumes (at least three to five years and even as long as a decade), as an exception I will begin with the short-term outlook for the Philippine economy (the next 12 to 18 months) and identify the immediate measures that have to be taken by the next Administration to sustain all the beneficial ongoing programs of the Duterte Administration and add new ones that will be directed to reducing the poverty rate by 2023 to the 16.

Cocopea thanks Duterte for signing new tax law helping private schools
BusinessMirror - 2022-01-06
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations thanked (Cocopea) President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11635 saying it will extend the lifeline of struggling private schools during the pandemic.

Hochul gives plans for tax relief, job growth in State of State speech
The Daily Star - 2022-01-05
Gov. Kathy Hochul used her State of the State speech Wednesday to propose $2.3 billion in tax relief, boost the health care workforce by 20% and expand access

SC shortens sched, coverage of Bar exams
philstar.com - 2022-01-04
The Supreme Court yesterday decided to shorten the 2020-2021 Bar Examination and reduce its coverage following concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Omicron variant, and the effects of Typhoon Odette.

Bzzzzz: No lawyer produced since the epidemic. Que calamidad, or is it? 2-year drought of lawyers prompts SC 'go' order on bar exams.
Sun Star - 2022-01-04
THE Supreme Court Tuesday, January 4, announced the bar examinations -- put off twice because of the epidemic, in 2020 and 2021 -- will push through this January 23, a Sunday,

IBP Cebu City urges Supreme Court to postpone Bar exam in Odette-hit areas
Sun Star - 2022-01-02
AT LEAST 432 barristers from six law schools in Cebu City want to postpone the 2020-2021 Bar examination scheduled on January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, 2022, in areas