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  2. Bureau of Internal Revenue - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Internal Revenue[ 2 ] ( Filipino: Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas, or BIR) is a revenue service for the Philippine government, which is responsible for collecting more than half of the total tax revenues of the government. It is an agency of the Department of Finance and it is led by a Commissioner.

  3. Archaeology of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The archaeology of the Philippines is the study of past societies in the territory of the modern Republic of the Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia, through material culture . The history of the Philippines focuses on Spanish colonialism and how the Philippines became independent from both Spain and the United States.

  4. Busyador - Wikipedia

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    Busyador. A busyador or a swift nest collector [2] is a person who harvests edible bird's nests (namely those created by edible-nest swiftlets, or Aerodramus fuciphagus) in Southeast Asia, and particularly in the Philippines. [1] The nests are made of the birds' solidified saliva, and serve as the main ingredient of bird's nest soup, a delicacy ...

  5. Revenue stamps of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    A 20c revenue stamp of the Philippines. Governing authorities in the Philippines have issued a variety of stamps for internal revenue taxes and other fiscal taxes since 1856. [2] Prior to 1856, internal revenues were collected via stamped paper. Revenue stamps for the Philippines were issued by the Spanish East Indies government (1856–1898 ...

  6. History of the Philippines (1898–1946) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...

  7. Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Collector of ...

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    A Spanish corporation, Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas, claimed that a tax on goods it shipped was unlawfully imposed by the Collector of Internal Revenue. The company bought goods, stored them in a Philippine warehouse, and notified the value to its Barcelona head office, which insured them through a company in London. The company ...

  8. Birds International - Wikipedia

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    Birds International Incorporated or BII (not to be confused with BirdLife International, an environmental non-governmental organization and not affiliated with the short-lived quarterly publication Birds International by Joe Forshaw) is a company working in the field of aviculture established in 1975 by Antonio de Dios.

  9. Philippine Historical Association - Wikipedia

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    The association is a non-stock, non-profit, non-sectarian and a non-partisan organization. Its national office is located in Manila. It was established in 1955 by members of the Philippine National Historical Society. [4] The objectives and purposes of the association are the following: