Every year from October 1-7, the entire nation honors its senior citizens with a country-wide celebration of Elderly Filipino Week and this year’s festivity is no different. In fact, it even promises to be a better and bigger one. Just to refresh our memory, the Elderly Week celebration is anchored on Proclamation No. 470, s. 1994, issued by former President …
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Urges DICT, gov’t to probe violations of delivery firm The United Filipino Consumers and Commuters (UFCC) filed a case today at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to revoke the operating licenses of J&T and its franchise partners due to unlawful business practices. The move comes after the inaugural State of the Nation Address of President Bongbong Marcos …
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Just a day after severe Tropical Storm Florita lashed some provinces in northern Luzon, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s (PAGCOR) new top management immediately sent a team to distribute relief goods to the affected localities on August 25 to 26, 2022. Cagayan Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office Head Helen Donato (5th from left) receives the relief donation from …
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Ginalyn Joaquin always dreamt of running her own retail store, similar to the ‘sari-sari store’ her mother used to own when she was a child. But having enough resources to pursue this dream proved to be difficult as her monthly salary was barely enough to make ends meet for the needs of her family. Working as a full-time employee at …
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The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is working closely with the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the distribution of cash grants to farmer-beneficiaries under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) Program. In response to concerns raised by the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) on the alleged delays in the release of the P5,000 subsidies for rice farmers under the …
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By Mike G. Jamisola The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) is backing up the lifting of the civil service law on mandatory retirement age 65 years to give way to more social pension benefits for the country’s more than 11 million elderly. NCSC Chairman Atty. Franklin Quijano said the lifting of the mandatory retirement age of 65 and allowing …
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By Mike G. Jamisola The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) are looking into the possibility of tapping qualified senior citizens to perform regular duties as volunteer teachers to help solve the country’s acute teacher shortage problem. NCSC Chairman Franklin Quijano said a good number of qualified and able older persons who are knowledgeable …
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Calbayog Water Co., Inc. (CBCI) one of the operating units of Manila Water in the Visayas region boosts the Calbayog Pan-as Hayiban Protected Landscape with the planting of hundreds of tree seedlings on more than a hectare of land adjacent to the protected area. In partnership with Calbayog City Water District (CCWD) and in coordination with the City Environment & …
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The Department of Health-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD), the principal health agency in the National Capital Region (NCR), and MYEG Philippines (MYEG PH), a market leader in electronic solutions championing government services online automation both in the Philippines and in Malaysia and a leading e-payment processing provider with 90,000 payment channels nationwide from cash payment options, credit cards, …
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By Riza Lozada The inauguration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was secured by some 2,300 personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine National Police who ensured a smooth ceremony that Marcos Jr. wanted to be simple. The new President’s mother and former First Lady, Imelda, was clearly delighted to see street sweepers …
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