To promote the efficient delivery of services, especially amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang has ordered all government offices to adopt digital payments for their respective disbursements and collection. Photo from PIXABAY Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed President...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said the pension fund has added security measures in its My.SSS Portal to protect the accounts of its members, employers, and pensioners. In a statement, Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer said Friday, May 6, that among the new...
Self-employed, voluntary, non-working spouse, and land-based Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) members may now pay their contributions using ShopeePay, the Social Security System (SSS) announced. In a statement, Michael G. Regino, president and chief officer said on Wednesday, May 4, that ShopeePay, a...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday, May 3, the government must continue its probe on the disappearances of missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts even if President Duterte already ordered to stop its operations. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao’s Facebook...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) wants to trim down further its financial obligations by implementing cost-cutting measures while increasing revenue collection, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Irene Joy Besido Garcia, PSALM president and...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), on Monday, April 11, welcomed the signing of Executive Order (EO) 167 which aims to strengthen the organizational structure of PCW. (Image courtesy of PCW) “This EO raises the Chairperson’s rank to Undersecretary, increases sectoral representation, and...
Malacañang has issued an executive order to strengthen the organizational structure of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), noting its expanded role and scope of work. Philippine Commission on Women logo (via Facebook) Based on Executive Order No. 167 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador...
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III on Friday, April 8 said departments and offices under the executive branch should report to the Senate on its expenditures in connection with its the Covid-19 pandemic response. These are, according to Pimentel, the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Health...
A trio of pro-digital transformation bills will all be on Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's mind once sessions resume in the House of Representatives after the May 9 polls. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Villafuerte said further digitalization should preoccupy lawmakers in the remaining...
The Social Security System (SSS) has given its pensioners another three months to comply with the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners’ Program (ACOP). In a statement, Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer, said on Thursday, March 31, that the compliance deadline for the ACOP...
The Philippines has adopted the ten-point policy agenda to accelerate and sustain the country's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, taking a whole-of-government approach to align all economic recovery programs and measures of the national government. Bloomberg photo Executive Secretary...
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...
