The Social Security System (SSS) on Monday, Aug. 1, announced that it will grant a Calamity Assistance Package to members and pensioners in areas declared under a state of calamity by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Social Security System (FACEBOOK) This is in light of...
Parañaque City 1st District Representative Edwin Olivarez said the planned rightsizing of the bureaucracy by the Marcos administration must ensure that government agencies remain efficient and functional and must prioritize the welfare of government workers. Olivarez was elected chairman of the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The feeding of the people in the Old Testament illustrates God’s concern for them: Moses fed the hungry Israelites in the desert (Ex 16), Elisha satisfied a hundred men with 20 barley loaves (2 Kgs 4:42-44), and Isaiah foretold a time when God would prepare a feast of rich food...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), in partnership with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) launched a digital literacy training for the Aeta community in Porac, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of DICT) The five-day community-based training benefitted a...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) expressed willingness to manage the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension fund once it is enacted into law. Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said pension fund is open to cooperate with the national...
More than 500 higher-level technical vocational education and training (TVET) or diploma programs are now being offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in various schools and training centers nationwide. TESDA/MB TESDA said these diploma programs offer tech-voc...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – A 45-year-old construction worker died when he was struck by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) here Friday, July 29. Police arrested the driver of the vehicle past midnight Saturday in a town a few kilometers away from the impact site. A report from the office of Police...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed support for the commitment of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to push for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In a statement, DOST said that...
Binibining Pilipinas 2022 contestants get real about people’s preconceived notions about them Pageants have been among the many topics depicted in comedy films and TV shows. In some ways, it kind of shaped what we think about beauty contests as they gave us an “insider’s view” of the things...
We asked some of Binibining Pilipinas 2022’s contestants what beauty pageants mean today Filipinos are big beauty pageant fans. Since the 1920s, the country has been crowning women for their charm and grace through the Manila Carnival, a celebration of the friendship between the United States and...
The Medical City and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development are working together to reach this goal Health researchers are all the more essential, especially with the re-emergence of various transmissible and infectious diseases globally and in the Philippines. But with the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Alongside news of the Abra earthquake, rising prices, mass transport woes and other national issues, our journalists have reported about newcomer Senator Robin Padilla complaining about the tough time he’s having in the Senate plenary debates. It is easy to poke fun at Padilla...
