The advent of technology is not just improving farming methods, but also helping in spreading the word about the wonders of agriculture. Some farmers are finding a new way to get paid for doing what they love by sharing their day-to-day lives on the farm on Youtube. This has helped them find more...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) through its social development arm—BPI Foundation—continues to boost the Philippine social enterprise ecosystem by helping empower social enterprises (SEs) through its program, BPI Sinag. Social enterprises are viable businesses...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that its Central Office, Field Offices, and National Resource Operations Center have over P1.4 billion worth of standby funds and stockpiles in preparation for tropical depression Rosal. Courtesy of Department of Social...
SAGIP Party-List Representative Rodante Marcoleta (House of Representatives) Rodante Marcoleta, 69, is now on his sixth term as the Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP) Partylist representative. The SAGIP Partylist lists as its goals "poverty reduction, social protection...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) announced that it has entered into agreement with Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP) and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) for the issuance of Unified Multi-Purpose ID (UMID) ATM Pay Cards. In a statement, Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief...
The national government was urged to prioritize social benefits for workers and production subsidies for the marginalized sectors, saying that this would help “boost productivity” in the country. (Unsplash) “In social benefits and production aid – these are where the Marcos administration...
Pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) will receive this week their Christmas cash gifts. These amounts are composed of the 13th month pay and their regular monthly pensions for pensioners of the SSS. Meanwhile, the state pension fund for...
Bicol region is the next destination where the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will open a new satellite office to make its social services and programs accessible. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) In an recent interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy...
(SWS / FB) Thirty percent of Filipino adults believed that their quality of life has improved in the past 12 months, based on the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey was done from Sept. 29 to Nov. 2 using face-to-face interviews. It involves 1,500 adults across...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) have set aside P33 billion in Christmas cash gifts for pensioners. The two state-owned pension funds announced on Thursday, Dec. 1, that their respective yearend bonuses to about 3.7 million old-age and disability...
Filipinos were warned against clicking suspicious links and logging into unverified websites following unreliable claims that Friendster, a social networking site that ended its services in 2015, has finally returned. Is Friendster back? The Department of Information and Communications...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has tapped its unprogrammed appropriation to fund the one-month requirement of a government aid to the poorest households in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the department approved the release of the Special Allotment Release...
