International Women’s Day: Understanding the VAWC Law

Download Presentation Click to View Presentation Women’s Day can be traced back to the early 20th century when women around the world began to advocate for better working conditions, suffrage, and gender equality. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. This event marked the first…

Read More

Of Love and Contracts

February, the month when hearts beat a little faster, smiles linger a little longer, and love fills the air with its sweet embrace. As we celebrate this month of love, we tend to look and enter into relationships that reflect mutual love, trust, and respect. Many even immediately contemplate about marriage. But marriage is more…

Read More

Avoid lawsuits, shift away from plastics

By: Jewel Bouvier P. Atienza In April 2023, 32 Philippine consumers filed a case with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) against the top plastic polluters in the Philippines, namely Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever, URC, and Nestle for their false and misleading recyclability claims on the plastic packaging of their products. This case is just…

Read More

Christmas and Child Support

WE WISH YOU A MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS! From your Z. Soriano & Associates family through the winners of our office christmas card making contest – Atty. Ross, Atty. Kevin, Atty. Jana, Sir Dom and Sir Mark (congratulations!) By the ZSALO team Too often, it has always been said that Christmas is for children because…

Read More

Year-end Duties of Business Owners

Aside from Christmas parties and gifts, business owners should not forget that there are year-end duties for every company to avoid sanctions and penalties that could be imposed by our government regulators. What are these obligations? First, Renew the business registration such as the Mayor’s permit. Second, pay the annual Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)…

Read More