Youth who are highly inclined to vote in the May 2022 elections have high accuracy in identifying real news, a survey jointly conducted by the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG), Boses, Opinyon, Siyasat, at Siyensya para sa Pilipinas (BOSES Pilipinas), and Participate PH. (Unsplash) The Pinoy...
Members and pensioners of the Government Service Insurance Systems (GSIS) were urged to update their information in the GSIS database, an official of the agency said Monday, Nov. 15. GSIS In a Laging Handa briefing, GSIS North Luzon Office Vice President Isagani del Rosario called on members and...
Debt payments by the Philippine government were nearing the P1 trillion mark in the first nine-months of the year due to higher interest and principal settlements. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the national government's debt servicing reached P963.86 billion in January to...
In an effort to help Filipinos recover under the new normal, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched an advocacy “I Love Metro Manila (MM)” that hopes to uplift the spirits of Metro Manila residents and get back in life after the struggles the country experienced in...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked the Pitmaster Foundation for its ambulance donation to the city made on Nov. 10. Rubiano said the ambulance is fully equipped with medical supplies and accessories. She said the ambulance will be a big help to the city government’s health, rescue and...
The Government Service System (GSIS) recently launched the online version of its Guide to Transactions and Processes (GTAP), the first electronic and online Citizen's Charter in the Philippine government. GSIS The public may now access GTAP through the GSIS website. It will also soon be available...
The Taguig City government has recommended to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) the mandatory use of face masks for children 12 years old and above. Taguig’s Safety City Task Force has come up with a list of recommendations on the use of face masks by minors. Minors with their parents and...
Poverty and underdevelopment exist in areas where "fat" political dynasties thrive, according to the dean of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) School of Government (ASOG). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines Tuesday night, Nov. 9, ASOG Dean Ronald Mendoza defined "fat"...
The next Department of Finance (DOF) head needs to keep a close eye on four pressing issues, such as public debt, inflation, exacerbated inequality and climate change, President Duterte’s chief economic manager said. Eight months before the term of the Duterte administration ends, Finance...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is offering a low-interest loan through the Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL), an official of the agency said Tuesday, Nov. 9. (GSIS) In a Laging Handa briefing, GSIS EVP for Core Business Sector Nora Malubay said the GSIS Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL) is the loan...
Speculation about a possible policy rate adjustment and higher full-year inflation pushed up the yield for long-term Philippine debt papers. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the interest rate for the 10-year Treasury bond went up to 5.130 percent from 4.468 percent last...
Banks pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans as the government mulls borrowing from small investors before the end of the year through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTB). At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Nov. 8, the bellwether 91-day T-bill...
