The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, June 4, it will continue providing assistance to Filipinos in Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country. While assistance is ongoing, DFA clarified there is no urgent need to have a rapid response team there. This came after DFA...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said there was no need for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to send a response team to Sri Lanka amid an ongoing economic crisis there but stressed that the DFA is ready to respond to the needs of Filipinos abroad. Anti-government demonstrators...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has expressed support for the repatriation of Filipino workers affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Bishop Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting, a top official told AFP Wednesday, after another night of sporadic arson attacks. Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest near the President's office in Colombo on...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on Monday, with five people dead and some 180 injured as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (AFP) Those killed in the worst unrest since the crisis...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Police personnel stand guard outside the President's office as his supporters and...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports, officials said Saturday. Education authorities said the term tests, scheduled a week from Monday, were postponed indefinitely...
The Makati City local government announced on Friday, Jan. 21, that all employees of the city hall will receive their Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) starting next week. In a Facebook post, the local government unit (LGU) said that Makati City Mayor Abby Binay has approved an ordinance...
The Department of Education (DepEd) assured its qualified personnel that they can expect the release of the remaining P3,000 of the P10,000 one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for 2021 at the “soonest possible time.” (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) In a statement, DepEd said that with the efforts...
The benefits due to teachers have always been given on time under the current administration, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said on Tuesday, Dec. 28. (FILE PHOTO / DEPED) During the pre-taped “Talk to the People” public briefing of President Duterte, the concerns of teachers on benefits...
Will the government workers left out from Malacañang's yearend service recognition incentive (SRI) get their own gratuity pay? Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles did not close the door on this and instead...
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)...
