The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel honored on Thursday, June 3, one of its personnel who returned a large amount of money and a cellphone, which he found while on duty at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). PCG Seaman Second Class (SN2) Ramir Greg Locsin returned the lost wallet...
Qualified pensioners of the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) will start receiving their one-time cash aid of P20,000 starting this June, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The...
The government has been urged to provide students with P10,000 emergency cash assistance to cover for their educational expenses following the shift to distance learning amid the ongoing pandemic. (AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Kabataan Party-list said families were forced to sacrifice the educational...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday lauded the House Committees on Appropriations and Food and Agriculture for approving the measure that seeks to use the annual rice tariff revenues in excess of P10-billion as cash assistance to farmers. Pangilinan said the move is timely and lawmakers...
A total of 1,415 caddies, workers, and employees from five major golf clubs in Metro Manila have received payouts of more than P7 million under the government's cash assistance program for workers displaced by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Pixabay) Department of Tourism...
The government has been "diligent" in providing financial aid to Filipinos hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte declared Wednesday after learning the "ayuda" distribution is almost complete. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 26, 2021.(Malacañang) According to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has allowed local government units (LGUs) which failed to meet the May 25 cash aid distribution deadline for the National Capital Region (NCR)- plus beneficiaries to continue with its disbursement. But DILG Secretary Eduardo Año stressed...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 25, urged the government to realign unutilized funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to augment the cash assistance to Filipinos to accommodate more beneficiaries still struggling with the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) – Iraq's president said Sunday $150 billion from oil had been smuggled out of the country since Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003, as he introduced a law to fight endemic corruption. President Barham Saleh presented a draft law to parliament to fight corruption, recover stolen...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has approved a total of P16.95 million in cash aid for 3,390 tourism workers in the province of Marinduque who were displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat leads the awarding of certificates to tourism workers...
Former House speaker and Taguig-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies distributed P10,000 in cash aid to over 200 new beneficiaries in Laguna, to insist on the adoption of their "10k Ayuda Bill" in the proposed Bayanihan 3. The beneficiaries who received the cash assistance on...
The government's communication team is stepping up the information drive to combat hesitancy about the safety of the coronavirus vaccines. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte will be in the forefront of the latest messaging campaign as he is expected to appear in...
