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...
Photo from Social Weather Stations Around half of Filipinos believe that it is dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical of the administration even if it is the truth, based in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Thursday, Oct. 14. The nationwide poll, which...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) maintained Thursday, Oct. 14, that all funds given to financial service providers tapped for the digital distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid were “all accounted for.” (DSWD) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public Thursday, Oct. 14 that it has enough resources and funds to respond to the needs of areas affected by granular lockdowns and calamities. (DSWD CAR) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova said only nine local government units...
More than P2.7-million worth of relief assistance has been extended to the areas affected by severe tropical storm ‘Maring’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, Oct. 14. (DSWD Field Office 1 Facebook page) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova said the relief...
How we lost the art of social discourse to the culture of hate? TROLLING IN THE DEEP Note from the author: Engage only with people to whom the object of public discourse applies, meaning there is a chance to inform, convince, or persuade them or to change their minds. Otherwise, disengage in quiet...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Oct. 13, that over 2,500 individuals or more than 700 families are currently staying in evacuation centers in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the National Capital Region (NCR). (DSWD-CAR) The DSWD...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), reminded on Monday, Oct. 11, all police personnel to refrain from campaigning for or against any political aspirant using their social media accounts. As a law enforcement agency that would be tapped for election duties,...
More than half of the initial list of tax-delinquent social media influencers have yet to begin the sign-up process with the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) despite crackdown, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Dakila Elteen M. Napao said late Friday, Oct. 8,...
Four days after the announcement of her 2022 presidential bid, Vice President Leni Robredo said her camp is still overwhelmed by the support they are getting, comparing this to opening the “floodgates” of volunteerism where even the “apolitical” are making their stand. Vice President Leni...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public Thursday, Oct. 7, that the resources of the local government units (LGUs) affected by tropical depression “Lannie” will be augmented. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The DSWD said...
A joint memorandum circular creating a special committee which will ensure the efficient and harmonized delivery of assistance during disaster and emergencies has been signed. Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (above center), Department of Trade and...
