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SunStar + January 07, 2021 ABOUT 2,100 public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers in Bacolod City already received their cash assistance from the national government through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). This was stressed by Pacita Tero, head of the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD), on Thursday, January 7, 2021, after the LTFRB sought their assistance for the distribution of cash assistance for PUJ drivers through their accredited p...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) declared Sunday that the distribution of cash aid in the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) is almost complete.

Published January 4, 2021, 5:00 AM Digital payments platform provider, PayMaya, ends  pandemic year 2020 with over 28 million customers  transacting in its over 200,000 touchpoints nationwide.  However, in a country with a population of 107 million, it still has a long way to go.  Nevertheless, “This radical shift to cashless for the Philippines will only continue accelerating in 2021,” Shailesh Baidwan, PayMaya President predicted. Consumers, businesses, communities, and government age...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Tidings of Comfort and Joy (Because There’s no Better Idea) — This has been the longest year of any of our lives, and a bit longer for me professionally, because instead of publishing Monday to Thursday, I published for 40 days in a row at the start of the pandemic. This is not a comp...

Published December 31, 2020, 7:45 AM This year’s COVID-19 pandemic prodded the Duterte government to launch the first-of-its-kind and the biggest social amelioration initiative in the country’s history to provide financial relief to the country’s poor families who were economically displaced due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.  MANILA BULLETIN FILE All eyes were on the Department of  Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the primary government agency tasked to look after the welfa...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO Duterte’s presidential mettle has also been put to test as he navigated the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic this year.  He took some bold steps to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on public health and wellbeing but also faced setbacks along the way. “This year, we were faced with the most daunting health crisis in recent history,” the President said during a recent military event. “This invisible enemy ...

Published December 31, 2020, 11:52 AM ‘Your government is constantly finding that magic balance of easing quarantine restrictions on one hand, and opening economic activities on the other. Armed with our peoples’ discipline and vigilance, we should be able to revive enough business activities in order to stimulate income and employment’ — Senate President Vicente Sotto. On July 28, the Senate also approved the “Bayanihan to Recover as One” or Bayanihan 2, which provided P165.5 billi...

FILE: Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III during a press conference on Thursday (Sept. 27, 2018), which is held at the DOLE main office in Intramuros, Manila.(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA – As the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic impaired various industries around the world, Filipino workers here and abroad were not spared from its economic impact. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said close to 400,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)...

10 quotes from PH court decisions, for better or worse Dec 31, 2020 9:51 PM PHT The last 4 years under President Rodrigo Duterte has proven very tumultuous for the Philippine justice scene, and 2020 was not any different. Here are 10 quotes from court decisions that changed our legal landscape, from big to small, for better or for worse. 1. Supreme Court ruled that an anonymous tip was not a valid cause to search a moving vehicle for a person supposedly carrying illegal drugs. It was a strong ...

Published December 30, 2020, 7:51 AM Millions of Filipino workers have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic this year. The last Job Displacement Monitoring Report released by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) showed that as of Oct. 25, 3.4 million workers have been displaced by the pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) These workers were adversely affected following the implementation of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) and temporary closure (TC) of 1...