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AID DISTRIBUTION. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of cash and food assistance to 3,000 beneficiaries in Mandaue City, Cebu province on Monday (Feb. 27, 2023). Marcos vowed to continue providing aid to the poor until they are able to stand on their own feet. (PNA photo courtesy of Rey Baniquet) PBBM distributes cash aid, food packs in Mandaue City MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday led the distribution of cash and food assistance to 3,000 beneficiaries in Mandaue City, Cebu province, vowing to continue providing aid to the poor until they are able to stand on their own feet. "We wanted to make sure na etong ating pinamimigay ay tuloy-tuloy pa rin hanggang dumating na yung araw, sana malapit na, na hindi na kailangan ang tulong ng pamahalaan dahil kayo na ay may trabaho, may maganda na kayong tinitirahan (We wanted to make sure that our distribution will continue until such time when you will no longer need government assistance because you ....
The United States government shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had been spotted above US airspace off the coast of South Carolina. (Anadolu) ANKARA -The US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Saturday which had been spotted above US airspace off the coast of South Carolina for several days already. An operation is underway to recover debris from the balloon in the Atlantic Ocean. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the decision was made at the direction of US President Biden. "U.S. fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched by and belonging to the People's Republic of China (PRC)," he said in a statement. "The balloon, which was being used by the PRC in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States, was brought down above U.S. territorial waters." On Wednesday, President Biden gave his authorization to take down the surveillance ball ....
(PNA file photo) CEBU CITY - Over 2,000 workers in Central Visayas benefited from the PHP44.6 million Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program of the Department of Labor (DOLE) for the whole year of 2022, an official said Friday. DOLE-7 OIC-Regional Director Lilia A. Estillore said the benefits were an offshoot of the settled requests for assistance (RFAs) filed by the workers under the SEna program. The months that registered the highest amount of monetary awards produced under SEnA included February with PHP5.6 million; November (PHP5.3 million); January (PHP4.9 million); September (PHP 4.3 million); and April (PHP4.2 million). "These accomplishments are credited to the settled requests for assistance or RFAs that were received and handled by the different field offices and divisions of DOLE-7. We have our Single Entry Assistance Desk Officers or SEADOs, who ensure the disposition of RFAs received not later than the 30 calendar days process cycle time," Estillore said. Among th ....
FARM DEVELOPMENT. Palo town Mayor Remedios Petilla (2nd from left) in Leyte province signs an agreement with Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) assistant regional director Ismael Aya-ay (2nd from right) for the establishment of a greenhouse in this Jan. 20, 2023 photo. The department will finance the construction of a PHP1.5-million greenhouse in the town that will be managed by an agrarian reform beneficiaries organization. (Photo courtesy of DAR) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced on Monday that it would finance the construction of a PHP1.5-million greenhouse in Palo town, Leyte province that will aid the livelihood of agrarian reform beneficiaries. The DAR regional office said the funds required to establish the greenhouse were forwarded to the local government on Jan. 20 through a signing of the agreement between key DAR regional officials and Palo local government led by Mayor Remedios Petilla. Melecia Ong, DAR Eastern Visayas chief agrarian reform ....
MANILA-The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed a ruling by the Paranaque court ordering a bank to pay damages to an individual credit card holder who accused the bank of negligently handling his account causing him embarrassment when the card was declined when he used it at a restaurant. In its 16-page decision written by Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando and uploaded online on June 2, the high court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in the case filed by Rex G. Rico against the Union Bank of the Philippines with the SC setting aside both the RTC's PHP500,000 award and the CA order for the bank to pay a reduced amount of PHP60,000 in damages and attorney's fees. Rico in 2006 filed a complaint for damages before the Paranaque RTC claiming the bank negligently handled his credit card account alleging the bank imposed late payment charges and interests despite having paid his credit card bill and imposing an annual membership fee despite its guarantee there would be no su ....