State-owned Social Security System (SSS) said the number of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members increased as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund’s OFW membership reached 1.34...
France has assured the Philippines that as a permanent member and president of the United Nations Security Council, it will perform its role to ensure that international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and sovereignty of its regional partners are...
The Social Security System (SSS) has recorded 1.34 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) members as of May 2021, higher by 11.5 percent from the same period last year. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULELTIN) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said on Thursday, July 5, economic...
Around 3.45 million Social Security System (SSS) members, pensioners, and beneficiaries received a total of P90.52 billion worth of Social Security and Employees Compensation (EC) during the first five months of 2021. Social Security System (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The pension fund said benefit...
Security Bank Corporation has been named by Alpha Southeast Asia, one of the leading financial capital markets magazines in the region, as the Best Retail Bank in the Philippines for 2021. Cited as the most comprehensive awards program in banking and finance focused on Southeast Asia, the Financial...
The escalation of cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States was brought up by President Joe Biden with President Vladimir Putin in their Geneva summit last month raising the profile of what has emerged as a major global security concern. The New York Times reports that...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks delivered at the UPF International Leadership Conference 2021 ‘Toward Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula: Peace and Security’ on July 7-8, 2021) Thanks to modern communication technology, we are gathered here...
The local government of Quezon City has announced that its vaccination cards will have tamper-proof security seals starting Friday, July 9. The seal will be countersigned by an authorized representative of Task Force Vax to Normal. “The security seal certifies that vaccination cards presented by...
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) is pushing for the placement of a security mark on the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination cards as part of the measures to prevent them from being faked. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo, LPP national president and Marinduque...
A law seeking to give workers security of tenure and stopping the end of contract scheme (ENDO) was no longer part of President Duterte's priority legislation, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Undersecretary Jacinto Paras said. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Paras made the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) should commend the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel who are able to successfully drive away foreign vessels in the West Philippine Sea, saying congratulations are in order for these officers who bravely stood up for the country’s sovereign rigths,...
The United States government has conveyed its “deep condolences” to the Philippines following the crash of a C130H plane that killed 50 people, mostly army soldiers, and injured several dozens of others in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, 2021. Office of the President of the United States (via...
