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MANILA - More than PHP541 million in financial assistance have been paid by the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) to its pensioners nationwide since its establishment in June 2021. ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis said PHP541,440,000 were divided among 27,072 EC pensioners, who received PHP20,000 each. "ECC considered our pensioners in the provision of assistance as they have also been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic because of their vulnerabilities and the prolong...

ECC Executive Director Stella Banawis(File photo) MANILA - The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) on Monday said it is only accepting online applications for cash assistance from workers in the private and government sector, including uniformed personnel, who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) due to work or working conditions. ECC Executive Director Stella Banawis, in a statement, said the online application through ECC Cash Assistance Digital System (ECCADS) is implemente...

State-run Social Security System (SSS) is urging riders in food delivery and courier activities to become self-employed members to enjoy various benefit programs and loan privileges offered by the pension fund. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said that undeniably, am

SSS urges delivery riders to become self-employed members during an online forum

April 20, 2021 Bong Go lauds grant of one-time financial assistance to Employees Compensation pensioners amid the additional burden imposed on them by the pandemic Senator Christopher "Bong" Go lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for issuing Administrative Order No. 39 which grants a one-time financial assistance of PhP20,000.00 to Employees Compensation (EC) pensioners for permanent partial or total disability and survivorship, in both the private and public sectors. "Malaki ang negatibong epekto...

Lindsey Graskey and Kevin Keener Jr. are running on the April 6 ballot to represent North End. 5:00 pm, Mar. 11, 2021 × Getty Images Voters in Superior’s 10th District face a choice as Esther Dalbec steps down after more than a decade of service on the City Council. Two candidates have stepped forward to fill the seat: Lindsey Graskey and Kevin Keener Jr. Graskey is the general manager, creative director and part proprietor of the Spirit Room. Keener, who helped restore North E...

200 CARES Act-Funded Projects for the Online Imperative Facing unprecedented challenges to citizen service delivery in the months following municipal office closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local governments realized that to continue operating, they needed to rapidly migrate many of their manual citizen services and internal processes online by CivicPlus / March 1, 2021 SPONSORED Facing unprecedented challenges to citizen service ...

Despite remarkable progress in socioeconomic development in Central and West Asia, women in the region continue to suffer from significant gender disparities: They are likely to receive lower pay, work in informal sectors, and encounter poor workplace equality standards. In Central Asia, women spend up to four times as much time as men on unpaid work. The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has exacerbated these disparities with school closures adding to the amount of unpaid care work that dispropo...

This study of the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the aviation industry in Central Asia Regional Cooperation (CAREC) countries finds opportunities for reform and restructuring to facilitate fast recovery.