And so it began. The Philippine National Police (PNP) launched on Thursday, May 27, what it vowed to be a corruption-free and influence-peddling-free recruitment of the more than 17,000 rookie cops for this year alone. Dubbed as Comprehensive Online Recruitment Encrypting System (CORES), the...
The Philippine government, through the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), has secured a deal with the government of South Korea for the establishment of the Integrated Water Resources Management Information System (IWRMIS) for the Pampanga River Basin. A statement showed that NWRB and the Korea...
Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation’s (Keppel T&T) wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Midgard Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KMH), and Converge ICT Solutions Inc. have virtually signed definitive agreements for the latter's P5 billion investment in the Bifrost Cable System linking Singapore to...
The Social Security System (SSS) has released P3.07 billion worth of funeral benefits to over 135,000 beneficiaries in 2020. (Taylor Weidman / Bloomberg / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Over the years, the state-run insurance program recorded P3.58 billion to 163,589 members in 2016; P3.79 billion...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday joined the international community in mourning the death of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping who is also known worldwide as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. “The Asian world shares China’s grief,” Locsin said in a tweet, three days after...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said its funeral benefit disbursements dropped last year due to the prolonged nationwide implementation of community quarantine measures. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the pension fund disbursed P3.07 billion...
Over 10 million Filipinos have completed the Step 2 registration or the collection of biometric information for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA said a total of 10,092,022 registrants have finished this step as of May 21. Step 2...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque agreed that there should be more Philippine General Hospital (PGH) but reminded that running the facility is funded by the University of the Philippines (UP) and not the Department of Health (DOH). Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons) Roque made the...
The online appointment booking for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 registration process will be available to 14 cities and municipalities starting on Monday, May 24, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a Facebook post on Sunday, May 23, the PSA said the Step 2...
The government is committed to working towards "inclusive and sustainable recovery," particularly by helping the country's marginalized and vulnerable population, as the pandemic continues to deal heavy blows on the country. People patiently wait for their turn to get a coronavirus jab at the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has apologized for the suspension of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration at a mall in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan following overcrowding of registrants last Wednesday, May 19. "The PSA regrets the overcrowding incident on 19 May 2021...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) reminded the public Friday, May 21, to strictly observe the minimum health standards when registering for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) amid concerns of protocol violations in Bulacan. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT--Social distancing was ignored at this...
