President Marcos on Thursday, Dec. 19, hosted Japan’s National Security Adviser Akiba Takeo at Malacañan Palace. Japanese National Security Adviser Akiba Takeo receives a birthday cake from President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos during his courtesy call in Malacañan. (Presidential Photo)...
Ahead of the legislated final round of increase in members' contribution rate to 15 percent next year, the Social Security System (SSS) grew its net income by nearly two-fifths to P78.3 billion as of end-September this year. The SSS's latest condensed statement of comprehensive income showed its...
Security Bank Corporation and its shareholder, Bank of Ayudhya PCL (Krungsri), may soon merge Home Credit Philippines (HCP) following the recent exit of MUFG Bank Ltd. from HCP. Security Bank has entered into an agreement to acquire MUFG’s 25 percent stake in HC Consumer Finance Philippines Inc....
State-run Social Security System (SSS) announced that it had released P32.19 billion in 13th month and December pensions to over 3.6 million pensioners, starting as early as Nov. 29. In a statement on Monday, Dec. 9, Voltaire P. Agas, SSS officer-in-charge, said the early release of the 13th month...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) intensified its security operations to ensure public safety amid the Christmas season and potential security challenges arising from the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. PNP Chief, Police General Rommil Francisco Marbil underscored his...
National Security Council (NSC) Asst. Director General Jonathan Malaya (File photo) The Makabayan bloc’s endorsement of an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is nothing but “political opportunism”, the National Security Council (NSC) said. In a press conference Friday,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is offering a three-month advance pension to pensioners residing in areas declared under a state of calamity due to the recent onslaught of typhoons Kristine, Marce, Nika, Ofel, and Pepito. In a statement, Voltaire P. Agas, SSS officer-in-charge, said the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (left) interacts with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya (middle) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sec. Affairs Enrique A. Manalo (right) during the signing of JPY 1.6 billion worth of security...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard killed his two daughters then himself in Barangay Buntis, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, said that the 30-year-old suspect went to the house of his wife to ask...
Vice President Sara Duterte plans to reject the security detail that will be assigned to her by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) even as she said there are death threats against her, her family, and the staff at the Office of the Vice President (OVP). Vice President Sara Duterte holds a...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 26, questioned the “silence” of the Presidential Security Command (PSC) on the death threats she, her family, and Office of the Vice President (OVP) personnel presumably received. Vice President Sara Duterte attends the House Committee on Good...
(Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied claims that some soldiers are mobilizing to protect Vice President Sara Duterte in light of her recent threats against the Commander-in-Chief, President Marcos Jr. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla tagged as...
