Eligible workers of government will be given a one-time service recognition incentive (SRI) of not more than P10,000, Malacañang announced on Monday afternoon, Dec. 27. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) The release of the cash incentive was authorized by President Duterte via administrative order (AO)...
President Duterte warned typhoon "Odette" victims that their incoming financial aid shouldn't be used on the two things that he loathes--liquor and gambling. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses locals in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Dec. 23, 2021. (Screenshot from Facebook live) Speaking to typhoon...
An outpour of support from several countries came to the Philippines as the national government raced to reach out to the areas affected by typhoon "Odette" days after its onslaught. Aftermath of typhoon "Odette" in Dinagat Islands (Photo courtesy of the OVP) The United States (US), China, and...
Two operating units of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were rewarded with a total amount of P10,126,589.26 for their exemplary work in nine “meritorious anti-drug operations.’’ In a statement released on Tuesday, Dec. 21, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva cited his men as...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said that its pensioners will start receiving their Christmas cash gifts by early next week. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund has allotted P3.2 billion for the 2021 Christmas...
Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo on Monday, Nov. 29, said the country’s farmers must focus on agricultural products that have more demand and market to improve their livelihood and living conditions. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Speaking during the Agri 2022 Online...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said over 9,000 centenarians have so far received their entitled P100,000 cash incentives. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista said a total of 9,205 centenarians have received their cash gift since 2016....
Local government units (LGUs) are earnestly preparing their needed logistic and manpower requirements for the massive inoculation drive against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) for the “National Vaccination Days’’ slated from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Department of the Interior and Local...
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...
Ganito na ba talaga sila katakot sa atin (Are they this afraid of us)? This question was posed by the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo after they have fallen prey to several online deliveries from fake bookings on Monday, Nov. 22. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo’s spokesman...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano distributed on Thursday, Nov. 18, cash gifts to 328 senior citizens who celebrated their birthdays in October. Rubiano said the 328 senior citizens received financial assistance amounting to P1,500 each. She said the October birthday celebrants from Barangays...
TACLOBAN CITY - Two robbery suspects who carted away a safety vault from an agrivet store here were arrested during a hot pursuit operation on Wednesday (Nov. 17). P/Maj. Winrich Laya Lim identified the suspects as John Abrick Pagaduan, 27, and Jeric Lacambra, 19, both residents of the city....
