The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) on Tuesday, Oct. 19, urged government agencies to pay unremitted premium contributions to avail of penalty condonation. GSIS (Facebook) "We encourage government agencies to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with GSIS to assist you in settling...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is urging government agencies to pay unremitted premium contributions to avail of penalty condonation. In a statement, Rolando Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager said on Tuesday, Oct. 19, said that government agencies are encouraged...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that sustainable communication which advocates for actionable responses to societal issues should be introduced in government media. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook page) Andanar, who heads the Presidential Communications...
Benchmark interest rates moved sideways on Monday, Oct. 18, as yields for the three-month and one-year IOUs resumed their increase, while the six-month paper marginally dropped. The 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went up to 1.113 percent from 1.095 percent a week...
State-owned companies dividend payments were slashed by more than half in the first nine-months of the year, data from the Department of Finance (DOF) revealed. The DOF reported it collected P53.1 billion from government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in January to September, lower by 60...
The provincial government of La Union has stopped the quarry operations along Aringay River in Tubao for alleged violation of national laws and provincial ordinances. In a letter dated September 23, 2021, the provincial government asked a certain Edelberto C. Garcia "to cease and desist your...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has vowed to push for the improvement of migrant workers' employment contracts during the first meeting of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Government Sector in Switzerland this month. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO /...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported a downtrend in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city. The CESU reported to Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano that 269 new cases were recorded on Oct. 12. Based on the surveillance unit’s report on Oct. 14, only 88 out of 201...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government will follow the decision of the Inter Agency Task Force on the next alert level that will be imposed in the National Capital Region (NCR). Metro Manila is under Alert Level 4 until Oct. 15. According to city Public Information Office...
Some senators on Wednesday suggested that local government units (LGUs) should take the lead in feeding programs administered by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) and other government agencies. During the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the budget of Department of Health (DOH) and its...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced that a total of 437,236 individuals -- equivalent to 83.69 percent of the 521,410 target population -- were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Olivarez said the number of fully vaccinated individuals in the city was based on the Mach 5-Oct. 9 record of...
The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Pasay City announced that the registration of voters in the city’s two biggest malls will continue from Oct. 11 to 30. Atty. Ronald Santiago, Pasay City Comelec officer, said the continuation of the voter registration will be held at Level 2 South...
