State transport authorities and stored value or "beep" cards provider AF Payments Inc. (AFPI) remain deadlocked over the issue of making the cards free for commuters, as of presstime. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) AFPI today issued a statement to the media, effectively saying that the Department of...
EDUCATE AT ALL COST KLIKme facilitators Josie Ayson and Estela Millena join the virtual DepEd update on Aug. 25, from home base in Payatas Not all teachers and learners are based in a classroom. And for this academic year, no teachers or learners are based in a classroom. The difficulties...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) State-run Social Security System (SSS) partnered with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to expedite the crediting of monthly pensions to pensioners' accounts and eliminate disbursements through checks. Beginning this month, SSS regular pensions will be...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched a loan facility that offers low interest, enhanced loan consolidation feature, longer payment term and one-time waiver of surcharges. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the new loan program gives...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is now re-considering Manila Water Company Inc.'s P15-billion Laguna Lake East Bay project, which was dismissed by former MWSS Administrator Reynaldo Velasco in 2018 for being "expensive". MWSS Chief Regulator Patrick Ty said in a text exchange...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced the reopening of its COVID-19 Emergency Loan program to members and pensioners. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the COVID-19 Emergency Loan program is accepting applications beginning...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will roll-out automated ticketing system in all ports by next year, with bidding for its Unified Electronic Ticketing System slated before 2020 ends. The number of the automated ticketing machines to be installed will depend on the passenger traffic of each port...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has released the latest version of its mobile app allowing borrowers to file salary loan application with mandatory bank disbursement. In a statement, the pension fund announced the release of an updated SSS Mobile App that also re-enabled the downloading of...
The country’s largest organization of real estate and housing industry players expressed its support for the immediate passage of House Bills 3541 and 3837, which seek to create a Comprehensive Home Financing Program (CHFP) that will make all income-earning Filipinos entitled to fixed,...
This university is MILES ahead of other educational institutions Humanity remains troubled by the Covid-19 crisis. The Philippine government maintains its imposition of the varying degrees of quarantine throughout the country, disrupting our everyday lives. The education sector is among the most...
