The Social Security System (SSS) said member-borrowers with past due short-term loans may now apply for the Short-Term Member Loan Penalty Condonation Program (STMLPCP) up to Feb. 14, 2022. (SSS) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said the program is part of the pandemic...
1200px-SAP_2011_logo.svg Digitalizing is key to Southeast Asia's food future to address issues of security and wastage, according to an enterprise application software provider. During the virtual briefing "A Growing ASEAN, A Hungry Population: Building Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply...
Social Security System (SSS) pensioners will receive their Christmas cash gifts early next month. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund has coordinated with its partner banks to credit the pensions within the first week of December. The SSS wants to...
Smuggling of small arms and light weapons "forms part of the operations of terrorists," the Philippines said as it calls on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons through such acts. Ambassador Ariel Rodelas Peñaranda, Deputy Permanent Representative...
Editorial Thirty years after becoming a dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China has called for a summit on Nov. 22, 2021 to upgrade its status to being a comprehensive strategic partner. China’s partnership level ties with countries and regional blocs are...
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...
