Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday pushed for a measure that would require social media platforms to disclose the identity of "trolls" to curb the rising number of abuses done in the online community. Drilon, during the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision's...
Only fully vaccinated adults are allowed to enter bars and clubs in Taguig, the city government said. The Taguig Safe City Task Force issued Advisory No. 58 on the operation of bars and clubs in the city. Bonifacio Global City in Taguig (Google Maps) “Only fully vaccinated adults shall be allowed...
Seven months after its launch, the Wireless Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to Individuals and Families Affected by COVID 19 and other Crisis Situations (WiSUPPORT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already served more than 400 individuals. (DSWD) The...
The Social Security System (SSS) said member-borrowers with past due short-term loans may now apply for the Short-Term Member Loan Penalty Condonation Program (STMLPCP) up to Feb. 14, 2022. (SSS) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said the program is part of the pandemic...
(SWS) Slightly fewer Filipino families have considered themselves poor in the past three months, based on the results of the third quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Saturday, Nov. 27. The non-commissioned survey conducted from Sept. 12 to 16 with 1,200 respondents found 45...
Looks for other ways to connect with its discerning consumers In light of the recent Facebook whistleblower issue, cosmetics retail brand Lush has turned its back on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat—until these social media platforms provide a better and safer environment. It its company...
Social Security System (SSS) pensioners will receive their Christmas cash gifts early next month. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund has coordinated with its partner banks to credit the pensions within the first week of December. The SSS wants to...
In an aim to boost the customer service sector in Central Luzon, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) there has partnered SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI), the agency announced on Thursday, Nov. 25. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) TESDA and SMFI, together with...
1-2 International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and the Razon Group's social investments to help the government pandemic recovery initiative now total over P1.5 billion. In the last 21 months since the the community quarantines started, ICTSI, in collaboration with both public and...
A total of 8,716 indigent senior citizens in Pasay City will receive their social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). According to Marilyn Penazo, officer- in-charge of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), said 8,265 senior...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL For the Entertainment and Lifestyle/Culture sections of the Manila Bulletin, I regularly review films, streaming content, museums, dining places, theater, and music – live theater and concerts hopefully to return very soon. It’s a service we...
"Bakit kaya ang daming naghihiwalay?" This is the question asked by GMA Public Affairs to Facebook followers recently. Among those quick to offer an answer is new Kapuso TV host Kim Atienza. He wrote: "Because many think that love is a feeling when it is actually a choice to stay...for better or...
