Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, Aug. 26, all unit and area commanders to start the security preparations for the 2022 presidential and local elections. eleazar on qcp Eleazar explained that early security preparations have been...
The Social Security System (SSS) has released P732.15 million in unemployment benefit disbursements to 54,282 members from January to June 2021, higher by 407 percent from the same period in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The number of member beneficiaries of SSS also rose...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has jacked up unemployment benefit disbursements in the first six months of the year after claims increased by more than fourfold. SSS Headquarters in Quezon City Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the pension fund's unemployment...
The Social Security System (SSS) is set to hold a simultaneous virtual Pensioners' Day in all of its 176 branches nationwide on Wednesday, Aug. 25, to recognize the pivotal role that its pensioners played in our society. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora...
Several personnel of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have graduated from a counter-terrorism course that equipped them with the necessary skills needed to protect residents, port facilities, and sea-traveling public in Zamboanga. The PPA announced Monday, Aug....
President Duterte has appointed Army Col. Randolph Cabangbang as the next commander of the Presidential Security Group (PSG). Incoming Presidential Security Group commander Col. Randolph Cabangbang (File photo/PSG) Cabangbang will take the place of PSG chief Jesus Durante III during the change of...
The Social Security System (SSS) has extended the filing of Sickness Notifications (SN), Sickness Benefit Application (SBA), and Sickness Benefit Reimbursement Application (SBRA) until all types of community quarantine have been lifted in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) SSS President and...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 16 vowed to continue pressing the National Security Council (NSC) to conduct a security audit on Dito Telecommunity, the country’s third player in the telecommunications industry, amid spying concerns. Hontiveros said she would not be surprised if...
The Social Security System (SSS) on Monday, Aug. 16, reminded all employers -- registered or unregistered -- to be compliant with their legal obligations to their employees, regardless of employment status, to avoid criminal prosecution under the provisions of the Republic Act (RA) No. 11199 or the...
Security Bank Corporation (PSE: SECB) posted 46 percent drop in net profit to P3.1 billion in the first half of 2021 from the P5.7 billion reported for the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its profit before tax was up 20 percent to P5.5 billion...
From advanced offshore patrol vessels to new helicopters, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) bared on Tuesday, Aug. 10 its new “state of the art and modern” maritime and aerial assets that were acquired to improve the country’s maritime security and safety. The PCG admitted the lack of maritime...
Planning a local food security action in every local government unit is important to ensure that no people will go hungry. This was what Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte of one of the country's largest cities learned during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. During a panel discussion held by the United...
