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SSS pensioners entitled to extra benefits under WISP
PRIVATE employees who are members of the Social Security System are entitled to another mandatory benefits upon retirement, apart from...
BI cautions against fake OECs
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned Filipinos seeking jobs abroad against getting overseas employment certificates (OECs) being offered online. BI...
AFP: Successful anti-rebel campaigns in May
Government troops continue to deal massive blows to local and communist threat groups, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said...
4 international airlines start operations in Terminal 3
Four international airlines - Gulf Air, Thai Airways, Jeju Air, and Ethiopian Airlines - started operating at the Ninoy Aquino...
Former NPC director Fetalino writes 30
Veteran newsman and former director of the National Press Club Dennis Fetalino died on Thursday. He was 62. Until his...
PH to host twin Forbes confabs in ‘24
THE Philippines will host the Forbes Asia Forum and the Forbes Global CEO Conference in 2024 which, according to the...
DOJ intensifies manhunt forex-BuCor chief
JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Friday said efforts have been intensified for the arrest of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)...
DILG set to rollout drug testing among workers
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. has said random drug testing will be implemented...
‘SC unlikely to stop Maharlika Fund’
Opposition leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday said that a Supreme Court (SC) petition to invalidate the proposed...
Oil firms to slash prices by P0.75/l for gas next week
Consumers can expect an oil price rollback next week by as much as P0.75 per liter for gasoline and P0.40...
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