The Social Security System (SSS) announced that its net revenues for the first three months of the year increased by 60 percent. In a proactive effort to reach its goal of P100 billion in total net income for this year, SSS said that the overall net revenues for the first quarter valued at P33.9...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is urging seafarers to aim for a minimum of 10 years' worth of monthly contributions in order to qualify for a lifelong monthly pension after retirement. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief executive officer, said that seafarers are entitled to...
Security Bank Corporation has issued $400 million of 5.50 percent Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes due May 14, 2029 as a drawdown of its Board approved $1 billion Medium Term Note Program. In a disclosure the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said the transaction was announced on the back of a...
Security Bank Corporation is planning to raise fresh funds through the issuance of US dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes and is probing the debt market to gauge its interest in the securities. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said it has mandated MUFG and UBS...
China is planning to build a structure near the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea in a desperate bid to reverse the ruling of the United Nations Tribunal which rejected its claim to almost all parts of the South China Sea, the National Security Council (NSC) disclosed on Sunday, May 5. This...
The Philippine military had supposedly entered early this year into an agreement with China over the South China Sea, the Chinese embassy in Manila claimed Saturday, May 4. The embassy said that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command agreed to a "new model" on the management of...
Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet (left) points out toconstruction company personnel their unremitted contributions in Barangay Teacher’s Village East, Quezon City. Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) As if unveiling their mission statement, Speaker Martin Romualdez has announced for the first time in front of his congressman-colleagues the House leadership's intention to pursue...
President Marcos underscored the role of water security in peace and development as he inaugurated the Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project Stage II (MMIP II) on Monday, April 29 in Cotabato province, which will benefit more than 4,000 farmers. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will continue to issue violation notices to contribution evaders nationwide in light of the upcoming Labor Day. In an effort to protect the welfare and security of private sector employees, the SSS urges establishments to responsibly remit their workers’...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed the P78.956 million payment claimed by Adlib International Sales, Inc. (AISI) from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-Procurement Service and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for the supply and delivery of two mobile X-ray units in 2015....
Philippine Ambassador to United States Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks to visiting Filipino reporters in Washington, D.C., USA on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter...
