Ahead of the mandatory implementation next year, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. announced that the group’s enterprise customers will shift to electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) starting April. On Friday, March 25, PLDT and Smart said they were chosen by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)...
Senator Imee Marcos, sister of frontrunning presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., is pushing for a "hybrid" election system, where votes will be counted not only electronically but also manually, to ensure integrity of the elections as well as to have "evidentiary requirements"...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Wednesday, March 23, unveiled its modified tropical cyclone warning system, including the redefinition of super typhoon, to provide “clearer” warnings during severe weather events. “Kung mapapansin...
media Starting April 1, public utility buses and closed van delivery trucks can use the elevated Skyway system again, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) subsidiary Skyway O&M Corporation (SOMCO) announced March 21. All Class “2” vehicles--primarily buses and closed vans exceeding 7 feet in height...
Loan releases by State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the pension fund for government workers, jumped to P151 billion in 2021, driven mainly by support to members who have reached borrowing limit and unable to pay loans. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWC) have signed a Fifth Amendment to the Revised Concession Agreement (RCA) covering the operation of the waterworks and sewerage services in the Service Area East. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
More than two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country in 2020, the Philippine Army (PA) launched an integrated information system on Thursday, March 17, to organize its efforts to curb the coronavirus in the military organization. Major Melanie Sibayan, executive officer of...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has commended former Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora Ignacio for her efforts in accelerating the pension fund’s digitalization processes for the benefit of its members. According to Dominguez, Ignacio spearheaded...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has in its custody a former employee of Smartmatic who allegedly brought out confidential information related to the forthcoming May 9, 2022 national and local elections. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Friday, March 18 said this information was...
Water facilities were recently constructed by the Japanese government in Lanao del Sur, Cotabato, and Maguindanao to benefit various villages in the provinces. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines) Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko turned over Level II...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has flagged the Social Security System’s (SSS) “limited coverage” of unemployment benefit. Based on ADB’s report released on Wednesdays, March 16, the Manila-based multilateral institution said it is critically important for the SSS to have a well-funded UI...
As Covid-19 cases continue to drop in the country, an infectious disease expert said on Tuesday, March 15 that minimum public health standards should still be practiced whilst transitioning to more relaxed protocols. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila...
