“It’s a circus!” This is how former Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. described current developments in the country’s political arena, saying that these were apparently triggered by the possible team up of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro in...
Over 250,000 members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) were able to avail of Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL) since last year. GSIS, in a statement issued Friday, June 25, announced that it has granted a total of P65 billion in multi-purpose loans to its 250,783 members since it opened the...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said its multi-purpose loan disbursements hit P65 billion since its launching nine-months ago. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said on Friday, June 25, that the pension fund’s multi-purpose loan facility has also...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. There are moments when we doubt our faith in God. When we are sinking in hopelessness because of an unexpected tragedy, or when we feel victimized by a chain of unfair circumstances, we ask: "Is there really a God? If there is, does He care for me?"...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista visited Saturday, June 19, Taytay, Rizal to personally oversee the manual payout of the emergency cash subsidy under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Department of Social Welfare...
As the nation commemorated the second Philippine Social Workers’ Day, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista thanked the country’s social work practitioners for dedicating their lives to empower poor, marginalized and vulnerable communities....
Amid the continued threats of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), there is no stopping Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista to personally oversee the agency’s core shelter project and the distribution of food and non-food assistance to thousands...
POLICE VISIBILITY – A policeman secures a public market in Iloilo City. Additional cops have been deployed in the city which is under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to curb COVID-19 cases. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Crime went down 82 percent in this city which has been under...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) institutionalized the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSH) among its workforce regardless of their status. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD on Tuesday, June 15, said that the move is in line with its efforts to continuously promote the...
DELORINO TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Officials and people of Northern Samar are mourning the brutal killing of former University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) president Rolando Delorino Sunday, June 13, allegedly perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA). Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan said in a...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In the Gospel reading today, our Lord Jesus Christ compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed which He considers "the smallest among all seeds" (Mark 4:30-32). Is He belittling the Kingdom of God? Certainly not. For sure, the Kingdom of Heaven is...
Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will carry the “baggage” left by her father, President Duterte, if she decides to run as president in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, June 7. Former senator Antonio Triilanes IV and Davao City Mayor Sara...
