One significant addition recently introduced in our tax laws is Republic Act (RA) 12079, which provides Value-added tax (VAT) refund mechanism for non-resident tourists. The law aims to boost tourism ...

The local health department is creating online training for community health workers who work with refugees and immigrants, new moms and offer mental health peer support.

Birmingham is a Goldilocks city: Not too big and not too small. From easy access to our airport to not having to deal with ...

Contrary to the soon-to-be techno institution on Leipziger Straße, WMF’s musical program originally concentrated on hip-hop, ...

Longtime readers of this weekly effort may recall my affection for the word "woodenheadedness." It comes from The March of Folly, Barbara Tuchman's 1984 book about "the pervasive presence… of ...