The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced plans to discontinue the issuance of the Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UMID) eCard by the end of May this year. Based a memorandum signed GSIS President and General Manager Jose Arnulfo A. Veloso dated April 2, 2024, the pension...
Almost 60 percent of the target government agencies have been covered by the report card survey of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) which rates the agencies' quality of service. According to ARTA Secretary Ernesto Perez, they have already completed around 60 percent of the 860 target government...
With the rising prices of basic goods in the country, it's a welcome development that financial institutions are finding ways to help consumers save. Fuel constitutes a significant portion of many households' expenses. This is why the new UnionBank Shell Power Credit Card could be a gamechanger in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez distributing rice in Siquijor (Speaker's Office) In line with President Marcos’ vision of providing aid to sectors in need under “Bagong Pilipinas” (New Philippines), House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
The Anti-Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-ACG) has recorded a 42.9 percent reduction in cybercrime and attributed it to the implementation of the SIM Registration Act. PNP-ACG director Brig. Gen. Sidney Hernia said the reduction in cybercrime cases were recorded since August...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) that its ongoing Report Card Survey (RCS) 2.0, which aims to provide a scientific way of rating the delivery of government services, will end in May this year. File photo In a televised briefer, ARTA director-general Secretary Ernesto Perez said the survey being...
SHOPPING SPREE Gift cards allow your loved ones to find whatever they want for the holidays It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, the most magical time of the year when everybody’s in a rush. With the need to get things ready and all set for the holidays, gifts need to be taken care of,...
Credit cards are meant to make life easier for owners. Not for actresses Carla Abellana and Arci Muñoz. They recently shared with fans separate muddles involving them and their credit cards. On social media, Carla expressed apparent exasperation finding out that her credit card had been...
Sen. Grace Poe believes that current problems being encountered in the online SIM registration process can be solved with better implementation than hitting pause on it temporarily. This is in response to the suggestion of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission's (PAOCC) to temporarily...
Complaints about text scams declined and then sharply increased right after the deadline of the SIM registration ended, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said on Tuesday, September 5. NTC Commissioner Ella Blanca Lopez disclosed this phenomenon during the Senate Committee on...
Digital Advantage Corporation, SM Investments Corporation’s subsidiary managing the SM Advantage Card, now has 4,000 partner stores in the conglomerate’s ecosystem of retail businesses nationwide. From left to right: Roberto Claudio Sr., President, Philippine Retailers Association (PRA);...
There is no extension of the July 25 SIM registration deadline, but those who still failed to register are given a final five-day grace period or until July 30 to reactivate their SIMs as stipulated in the implementing rules and regulations of the SIM Registration Law, according to...
