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QC Mayor Joy Belmonte (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The lady mayor made the appeal after receiving reports about residents who had a hard time going to pay out sites due to medical situations. “May report akong natanggap na pati bedridden pinilit na papuntahin sa payout site para lang sa verification. Hindi naman makatao ‘yun (I received a report that a bedridden resident was forced to go to the payout site just for verification. That is not humane),” she added. Residents who are qualified for the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) have been advised to cla...

Published May 12, 2021, 4:24 PM Brig. General Valeriano T. De Leon, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO 3) director, extended his condolences to the families of two people who died when a truck plowed into a group of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) beneficiaries in the City of San Jose Del Monte on Tuesday, May 11. (Police Regional Office 3 / MANILA BULLETIN) Following the accident, De Leon advised people not to drive if they think they are stressed or unwell to avoid a repeat of such tragedy. Initial investigation showed that a city government-owned dump truck manned by Herminio Gerona crashed i...

Published May 6, 2021, 12:08 AM At a job summit convened by the task group of the National Economic Recovery Strategy held last Labor Day, the country’s top economic managers rallied business, industry and civil society leaders in adopting a whole-of-society approach to economic recovery. Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua pointed out that the government has allocated P2.5 trillion, or 14 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP); of this amount P2 trillion will come from the 2021 General Appropriations Act or national budget approved by Congress. Additionall...

Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Tiangco said he is still waiting for the reply of the DSWD after he sent it a letter last week inquiring what the city government should do with the unclaimed cash aid. “Hindi na kasi pwedeng i-distribute yun sa ibang tao. Habang hindi sinasabi hanggang kailan namin hihintayin yung unclaimed, nakapangalan yun doon sa mga taong naka-payroll. Kaya dapat naming malaman kung hanggang kailan namin hihintayin yung unclaimed (We cannot distribute yet the unclaimed assistance without the advice of the DSWD. This is because their suppo...

Published on: Monday, May 03, 2021 By: Philstar Text Size: Healthcare workers in the Philippines also suffer from low wages forcing many to work abroad (EPA) MANILA: Workers from various organizations and unions staged simultaneous Labour Day protests yesterday to demand protection against the Covid-19 pandemic and aid amid the recession. Rallying workers marched to Mendiola in Manila, in contrast to last year’s Labor Day protest action which was done virtually due to the pandemic lockdown. National Confederation of Labour (NCL) chairman Ernesto Arellano said Filipino workers are “being a...