Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso promised to ensure the passage of the National Land Use Act (NLUA) during a dialogue with farmers in Calauan, Laguna on Friday, Nov. 19. The NLUA, which has been pending in congress for over 30 years, aims to create a national land-use authority...
Amid the harassment of Filipino fishermen by Chinese Coast Guard vessels, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, met with retired generals of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to discuss national security concerns. Vice President...
Nearly 70,000 members of the Social Security System (SSS) have been laid off from their jobs, and received unemployment benefits from the pension fund in the first three quarters of the year. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Thursday, Nov. 18,...
The Social Security System (SSS) recorded 1.34 million overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members as of June 2021, higher by over 800,000 from the same period in 2020. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said despite the pandemic, many Filipinos are...
Mall security personnel should ensure that unvaccinated individuals are barred entry from dine-in establishments, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año insisted. Año stressed that this is necessary to prevent or at least lessen the chances of a coronavirus...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Monday, Nov. 15 said he will allocate more resources to improve the country's food security if he gets elected as president in the upcoming May 2022 elections. PHOTO COURTESY OF IM MEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN Domagoso, along with...
The Social Security System (SSS) settled a total of 7,158 online funeral claim applications from January to June 2021, amounting to P166.31 million, higher by 313.7 percent from the second semester of 2020. SSS In a statement released Monday, Nov. 15, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that funeral claims increased more than threefold in the first semester of the year driven by various online service facilities introduced by the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the company...
Security Bank Corporation posted 28 percent drop in net profit to P4.8 billion in the first nine months of 2021 from the P6.7 billion earned in the same period last year which was marked by strong trading gains. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its profit before tax...
The increase in members' monthly contribution is set to take place in 2025, Social Security System President Aurora Ignacio announced Tuesday, Nov. 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang susunod nating pagtaas ng contribution na nakasaad sa batas ay sa taong 2025. Di tayo basta-basta makakagawa ng...
Security Bank Corporation was awarded by UK-based finance journal Retail Banker International (RBI) as a Trailblazer in Product Innovation during the 2021 RBI Asia Trailblazer Awards for its Doctor's Loan product. In a statement, the bank said RBI recognized this loan product as the Best Loan...
The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to launch an "enhanced partnership" on trade and investment, technology, security and defense, and coronavirus (COVID-19) response, among others. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
