DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Interim Bus Service formally rolled on the streets of this city on Friday, Dec. 5, to help ease the growing need for public transportation options during peak hours. An initial 10 modern buses started ferrying passengers for free from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 9...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government will deploy 10 buses of the Davao City Interim Bus Service next month, marking a significant step towards modernizing the city’s public transportation. Davao Bus Project manager and lawyer Tristan Dwight Domingo said the 10 brand-new, 12-meter low-floor...
DAVAO CITY – Liga ng mga Barangay President and Davao City Councilor January Duterte turned over school service vehicles to nine barangays in three legislative districts here recently, reinforcing efforts to provide students with safe and free transportation. The distribution marks the second...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has rolled out a three-month grace period on emergency loan payments for its members and pensioners in affected areas to ease the financial burden on Filipinos recovering from the devastation of Typhoons Tino and Uwan. In a statement, the pension fund...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) reported a net income of ₱112 billion in the first nine months of the year, exceeding its target by ₱35.4 billion, due to strong financial health and operational efficiency. In a statement, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager,...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III gave his two cents about being a public servant. In an interview on DWIZ on Saturday, Oct. 18, Sotto said that being a public servant entails sacrifice, as he discussed the disclosure of senators ' statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth...
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso defended the state-run insurer’s financial performance following an internal call rallying the recently returned chief to submit an immediate and irrevocable resignation. This comes as Veloso...
Amid reported cases of seasonal flu in recent weeks, the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership directed all police units nationwide on Friday, Oct. 17, to heighten health and safety measures to protect their own personnel as well as the public. In a statement, acting PNP Chief Police Lt. Gen....
The Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) said the 55 minors involved in the Sept. 21 riots across Manila have started their community service together with their parents on Friday, Oct. 17. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said the community service program aims to correct their...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) received an overwhelming response from government employees on the first day of the Digital Ginhawa Loan launch on Oct. 10, with 21,418 applications totaling ₱1.258 billion filed through the GSIS Touch mobile app. As of press time, 9,461 applications...
A total of 50,096 individuals successfully passed the August 2025 Career Service Examination–Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT), the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Monday, October 13. According to the CSC, 45,730 out of 302,028 examinees passed the Professional Level, registering a 15.14...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Monday, Oct. 13, that about 83,000 first-level government positions remain unfilled and are open to senior high school (SHS) graduates. This was according to CSC chairperson Marilyn Yap, who stated that they must at least pass the sub-professional civil...
