Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Social enterprises (SEs) are like rays of sunshine amid the pandemic gloom. As the global health crisis uncovered new challenges, SEs have remained undeterred in pursuing their advocacies to help the communities they serve not only to survive these challenging times,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that its enhanced pension loan program (PLP) declined by double digits in the first eight months of the year due to lower number of pensioner-borrowers. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive...
MPL Philippines Season 8 Operating Committee is set to conduct its investigation on the bizarre Games 1 and 2 between Nexplay Evos and Omega Esports in the final match of the regular season. With the teams only fighting for placing, the two fielded the reserves in the series. What was unusual...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Watching the candidates file their COCs last week, I can not help but recall the familiar reportage of a horse race sportscaster of yesteryears, the late Tony Trinidad. As soon as the race horses sprinted out of the San Lazaro hippodrome starting gate, Trinidad’s...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye In a previous post, I cited the sad cases of sports heroes of yesteryears, who earned huge fortunes but eventually ended up poor because they failed to manage their resources well. A prime example was the late great Joe Louis who had to fight past retirement age just...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has resumed the implementation of the annual confirmation requirement for pensioners, but it will no longer require personal appearance at the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer announced the resumption...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) received more than 17,000 online maternity benefit applications one month after its initial implementation. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the My.SSSPortal on the SSS website received 17,726 maternity benefit...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The self-employed micro-entrepreneurs (SEMEs) in the Philippines continue to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the country remains at high risk amid the recent surge of coronavirus cases, SEMEs are finding it difficult to sustain their operations given...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the payment deadline for July contributions of regular employers due to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said Monday, Sept. 30, that the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye As I was about to write this piece, I was shocked and saddened to hear from our perpetual Ateneo alumni group president Jojo Buñag that one of our own – Delfin ‘Ding’ Wenceslao, Jr. – just passed on moments earlier. Heart failure, we were told. So let me take...
From left: Tuesday Niu, Arnell Ignacio, and Bea BInene Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III will clarify the issue surrounding the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers’ (TUPAD) program’s alleged irregularities, in this week's episode of "Oh My Job." In the segment...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Congratulations Jason Albaro, Teacher III, Muntinlupa National High School Main (Muntinlupa City), for having been chosen one of this year’s Metrobank Foundation's Outstanding Filipinos. Mr. Albaro, a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) educator,...
