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(PPD photo) MANILA - A lawmaker on Friday urged the secretary of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to immediately set up an online database system to track and deliver timely legal and welfare services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a statement, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte said DMW Secretary Abdullah Derupong Mama-o the new department should provide legal aid and other necessary assistance to distressed OFWs, especially those affected by the ongoing R...

HOME. Seafarers of MV Bolten Ithaki, MV Ithaca Prospect, MV Polar Star, and MV Riva Wind arrive in the Philippines on March 14, 2022. The latest arrival brought the total number of seafarers repatriated from Ukraine since February 27 to 247 seafarers. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - A party-list group representing Filipino seafarers on Tuesday lauded the Duterte administration for its measures focusing on the protection and safety of overseas Filipinos, especially those affected by the ongoing ...

(Screengrab from PTV) MANILA - A ticket sold in Negros Occidental won the PHP98-million jackpot prize of the Grand Lotto 6/55 in Monday night's draw. In an advisory on Tuesday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the bettor guessed the winning combination of 09-17-45-39-35-15 with a jackpot of PHP98,551,582. The ticket was purchased in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. The bettor can claim the check at the PCSO main office in Mandaluyong City upon presentation of the winn...

LIVELIHOOD. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial director Nimfa Virtucio (right) hands over a PHP8,000 business kit to a fire victim who availed of the agency's livelihood assistance program. The DTI's Pagbangon at Ginhawa program on Friday (March 11, 2022) gave the livelihood kits to eight fire victims and in previous weeks, to 1,500 Typhoon Odette victims in the province.(Photo courtesy of DTI-Negros Oriental Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Trade and Indu...

MANILA - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has considered favorably the initial public offering (IPO) by Tagum Global Medical Center, Inc. In its meeting on March 1, the commission en banc resolved to render effective the medical center's registration statement covering 156,000 common shares, subject to its compliance with certain remaining requirements. The company will offer 36,000 common shares, equivalent to 3,600 blocks consisting of 10 shares per block. The primary offering ...

CENTENARIAN. Antique provincial social welfare and development officer Lazaro Petinglay visits a centenarian from the municipality of Belison on her birthday on Feb. 1, 2022. Lovelyn Ocbian, Social Welfare and Development - Antique office focal person, said on Friday (Feb. 18, 2022) that 14 centenarians in the province would receive their cash gift during the first quarter of the year.(Photo courtesy of PSWDO-Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Fourteen centenarians from Antique are to re...

FINANCIAL AID. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (center) turns over the symbolic check of PHP100,000 to members of the Gil Montilla Agrarian Reform Cooperative during the turn-over rites held in Kabankalan City on Thursday (Feb. 17, 2022). Four micro cooperatives in southern Negros affected by Typhoon Odette received financial assistance from the Cooperative Development Authority under the agency's Special Assistance for Recovery and Alleviation Program. (Photo courtesy of PIO ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Eight municipalities in the province of Lanao del Norte have been declared "drug-free" based on the assessment by the Northern Mindanao's Regional Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs (ROCDD) and verified by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 10 (PDEA-10). In a statement on Friday, the provincial government identified the declared drug-free were the municipalities of Linamon, Matungao, Magsaysay, Nunungan, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Tangcal, Kolambu...

TYPHOON AID. A resident of Bacolod City receives cash aid for her damaged house after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette last December, during the payout at the Gonzaga gym in Barangay Taculing on Feb. 9, 2022. As of Thursday, the city government has released more than PHP28 million in financial assistance in a series of releases held since February 3.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here has released more than PHP28 million in financial aid to residents affec...

(Screengrab from PTV) MANILA - For the second straight day, another bettor became an instant millionaire after winning the PHP29 million jackpot of the Super Lotto 6/49 draw on Sunday night. In an advisory on Monday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the lucky bettor guessed the winning combination of 36-29-35-16-03-17 with a jackpot of PHP29,073,809. The ticket was purchased in Marikina City. The bettor can claim his/her cheque at PCSO's main office in Mandaluyong City a...