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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 Russia-Ukraine conflict and the latest surge of Covid-19 in Hong Kong. "The DMW's online dat...

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 Russia-Ukraine conflict. In a statement, Marino Rep. Sandro Gonzales commended the Department of For...

(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 winning ticket and two identification cards. Lotto winnings of more than PHP10,000 shall be subject to a...

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 Industry in Negros Oriental has handed livelihood kits of more than PHP12-million to fire and typhoon vi...

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 is divided into four series, with the first consisting of 1,400 blocks at an offer price of PHP200,0...