Today, the start of a new year, we are unified by hope and willing to work toward the same goal – a better economy and a better life for all. Despite the significant increases in the prices of fuel, food, and services, 92 percent of Filipinos said they will face the new year with hope, according...
The implementation on Jan. 1, 2023 by the Social Security System (SSS) of a one percent increase in its members’ contribution rate to 14 percent is the third step of its four-tier contribution increase. This is in accordance with Republic Act 11199 that was enacted in 2018 to strengthen the...
Senior citizens will get a 20 percent discount on the toll fees imposed by expressway and skyway operators if this measure from Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo gets enacted. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Rillo penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.5277, which seeks for senior...
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) will be granted a fixed 20 percent discount on toll road prices if this measure from the House of Representatives will get enacted. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has filed House Bill (HB) No. 5275, which grants...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill that would grant indigent job applicants a 20 percent discount in the payment of fees and charges for certain government-issued pre-employment documents. Senator Jinggoy Estrada “Para sa mga mahihirap nating kababayan na pinagsisikapan na itaguyod ang...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is still far from reaching its target of administering 23 million Covid-19 vaccine booster shots under the “PinasLakas”...
A House leader wants to institutionalize in the 19th Congress a 50 percent reduction on the fee imposed on overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) money remittances. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) This benefit is the main feature of House Bill (HB) No. 185,...
It's time to negotiate with China on a joint oil and gas exploration at the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) like businessmen, Senator Robinhood Padilla said on Thursday, July 28. This "businessman approach" entails that 60 percent of the sharing agreement would go to China because it has...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) All regions in the country have already fully-vaccinated more than 40 percent of their respective elderly population, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
Bureaucratic and legislative kinks must be ironed out first before the incoming Marcos administration can allow the 100 percent foreign ownership of power generation ventures in the country. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President-elect Bongbong Marcos's...
The emergency department of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is already full and has already reached 200 percent capacity, the hospital’s spokesperson announced on Saturday, June 4. Philippine GeneraL Hospital (PGH Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) “Sa ngayon po ‘yung capacity po ng...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the random manual audit (RMA) of votes has so far recorded a 100 percent match rate with the automated tally. In a press briefing on Saturday, Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino said they already received 406 ballot boxes as of May 13. Of...
