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Members save record-high P52.5 B in Pag-IBIG Fund in Jan-Oct, up 35%; MP2 Savings breach P21 B, up 110%

Pag-IBIG Fund members have saved more than P52 billion in the last 10 months, breaking yet another record for the period and exceeding full...

Take home holiday happiness from Richmonde Hotel Ortigas

It’s Christmas once more and this 2021, it promises to be the most wonderful time of the year again after a long while. To...

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Cleanfuel will implement a price adjustment, effective Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 8:01 a.m. ⬇️ Diesel -  0.60/L (Rollback) ⬇️ Gasoline - 1.10/L (Rollback) Stay safe and healthy....

STEM careers urgently needed post-pandemic, say former DOST-SEI scholars

Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) can be fulfilling and purposeful endeavors, according to graduate scholars of the Department of Science and...

SSS sets release dates for 2021 December, 13th month pensions amounting to P27.5B

The Social Security System (SSS) issued a schedule for the release of the 2021 December and 13th month pensions of its pensioners. SSS President and...

SBMA, DA sign MOA for P509-M agri border control facility in Subic

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for...

Smart, Cleanfuel ink tie-up program to deliver affordable connectivity solutions

Leading mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is partnering with one of the country’s independent petroleum firms Cleanfuel in making connectivity devices more...

SM launches Cashier Training Program with TESDA

SM Foundation (SMFI), in partnership with SM Markets and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), recently launched the first ever accredited training...

SBMA honors volunteers, outstanding workers in 29th founding rites

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) paid tribute on Wednesday to some 8,000 volunteers who worked without pay...

A grand slam in responsible mining

A grand slam win for a mining company simply means being the best in class in its responsible conduct of business; in its forest...

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Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial cargo.  The Americans needed hands, and the Philippines—trophy from the Spanish-American War—had plenty to spare. Men like him crossed the Pacific not on a...

Of ‘balimbing’ and coup

It is balimbing season once again. Balimbing is a fruit with many sharp sides, so that it has been popularly used to describe agile politicians who are able to change sides quickly everytime there is a change in the political weather. It is the local term for...

4th Refugee Film Festival champions youth voices, stories of solidarity

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines celebrated World Refugee Day by hosting the 4th Refugee Film Festival at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium of De La Salle University Manila last June 20. The film festival aimed to foster global awareness, build empathy, and mobilize meaningful action...