What the Solicitor General did is what lawyers call a “collateral attack” – restraining a known critic of the government’s drug war, not by directly censoring it but by cancelling its corporate registration.

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Employees of regional operating headquarters (ROHQs) need not worry about the veto of the provision under the first tax reform package that allows them to continue enjoying the 15 percent preferential withholding tax rates because they will benefit from lower income taxes in general.

Bitcoin tumbled 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week trough close to $11,000, after reports that a ban on trading of cryptocurrencies in South Korea was still an option drove fears grew of a wider regulatory crackdown.

As an alternative remedy, the SEC could have only voided that part of the contract which was constitutionally infirm and left the rest effective. This is significant especially considering that the overall purpose of the company is clearly news-dissemination falling within the protected exercise of the freedom of the press.

Should Rappler lose, then this will no doubt form a precedent for future government action. This means that ABS-CBN, already being targeted by the President and his supporters, as well as GMA, may be the next to be hit. Similar actions might be contemplated against any other media company.

Adriann Delmo of General Trias, Cavite is one of the five winners from participants all over the world.

U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut all commercial ties to Chinese phone maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and oppose plans by telecom operator China Mobile Ltd to enter the U.S. market because of national security concerns.

Notwithstanding his acknowledged dislike for Rappler, President Rodrigo Duterte had nothing to do with the Securities and Exchange Commission ruling to revoke the news outfit's registration, and found it "unfair" to be accused of instigating the decision, his spokesman Harry Roque said Tuesday, January 16.

Japan is examining how to evacuate its roughly 60,000 citizens from South Korea in the event of a crisis that closes airports, with military ships being used as shuttles, a Japanese newspaper reported on Tuesday.