Tax Treaties Are Self-Executing Tax treaties do not require any implementing law or guideline. A treaty is considered “self-executing” when it does not need any implementing legislation and it takes effect upon ratification. In US jurisdiction, a treaty that is not self-executing does not create a cause of action or provide a remedy. Under US law, the President and two-thirds of the Senate have the power to bind the country with the treaty by making the necessary implementing law. Both of…
Throughout time, America or the New World has been thought of as a "promised land." In the past, Puritan and Colonial writers believed it to be this due to the blank slate that many different people can influence. Now, America is called the "land of opportunity." America holds better career opportunities and a better education for those dreaming of a bright future that they might not be able to achieve in their home land. However, as time passed, changes occur. Many may argue that America…
Historically, just like the United States, the Philippines had also been colonized before—three times even, by the Spanish, Japanese, and even the Americans themselves. In this context, I will focus on the Spanish colonization. The Philippines had long fought for freedom against the Spaniards, the first oppressors who stayed for more than three hundred years in Philippine land. Just like in the historical events of the United States, the Philippines also held a revolution to obtain freedom from…
Military members are undoubtedly held to a higher standard than the rest of society. Most citizens look to a uniformed military member in times of need. Even though military members are held to a higher standard, there are some circumstances in recent history where uniformed members have not met the standard. Torture in the military is one of these circumstances in which military members are not meeting the standard. Once the definition of torture is recognized, then torture should not be…
There are many disputes happening around the world over boundaries and resources. One of these disputes is occurring in the South China Sea. It is a dispute between China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan. According to bbc.com, China claims the largest portion of territory on the South China Sea. They have many historical claims – some of which may be true, some of which may be false. Bejing states that centuries ago, the Paracel and Spratly island chains were considered…
Once upon a time there was a girl named Abby Morton who lived in a house in a small town surrounded by cornfields. Abby drove an hour to class four days a week. For Abby’s political science class she was told to take an ideology test to determine if she was a conservative or a liberal. I am Abby and I am a liberal, this is my story. Before I took this test I understood the difference between the liberal party and the conservative party. Did I really care if I was a member of either party? No,…
friends back in the Philippines, my excitement concealed most of the sadness. I was about excited as a child seeing presents underneath the tree on Christmas Day. During the plane ride, my dad and I would tell each other what we missed about the…
effect that it has today. The first topic is the Spanish American War that when we want more power people fought for land at that and we want the resources and money but that made a huge war. The effect is that we got the Philippines, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico. The Philippines that almost starts a war because they wanted to be there own so there was a rebellion we let them cuba we just just help them become free. Panama we built a canal through it which took ten years to complete it and…
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Basic Information of the Company A.1 Name of the Company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. (TDI) was incorporated in the Philippines as Twin Ace Holdings, Inc. (Twin Ace) on May 10, 1988. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the change in the corporate name of Twin Ace to Tanduay Distillers Inc. (TDI) A.2 Nature of the Business: Tanduay Distillers Inc. is primarily engaged in, operates, conducts and maintains the business of manufacturing,…
you will need to pay at the hotel directly upon check-out. The title of the hotel’s rate section will be ‘Special Rates’ instead of ‘Agoda Special Rates’. You have to go through the hotel’s own cancellation policy, if needed. How to use Agoda Philippines promo code while…