Can you imagine a P20 bill turned into a P20 coin? Wouldn't that be a big of a change? Especially considering the fact that the P20 bill is the most used type of bill or denomination for payments; couldn't that spark a change? Well if you think it's weird - we do too! However, the […]
Government Agencies
PhilHealth Premium Rates to Increase Beginning of Next Year
After the official publication of the Universal Health Care Act, the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) were signed by the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III. Among its, IRRs would be the increase of PhilHealth premium rates starting next year. To give you a brief refresher, the Universal Health Care act is the […]
Nurses in the Government Should Not be Paid Less Than 30K a Month - SC
The Supreme Court (SC), last Tuesday, has ruled out that nurses in the government or in the public sector should receive a monthly salary no less than P30,000 on a monthly basis; equivalent to Salary Grade (SG) 15. This was after various groups sought to have at least a P30K basic salary for nurses. There […]
P200 Billion For Loans, Eyed by the GSIS
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced that they will be offering a ton of loans starting next year. According to them, they'll offer somewhere around P100 to P200 billion just in loans under their GSIS Financial Assistance Program (GFAL). Rolando Macasaet, GSIS Chairman and acting President said that the signing of a Memorandum of […]
National ID Enrollment to Happen in Mid 2020 After Pilot Testings
Many Filipinos have been waiting for the start of the national ID implementation in our country. In fact, Davao overtook everyone and was the first to implement it. No worries because as per reports from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the national ID enrollment would begin somewhere around mid 2020. What this basically means is […]
Landline Numbers in Metro Manila to be Migrated to 8 Digits on October 6th
After the provision of a permanent mobile phone number a few months back, the eight (8) digit landline number format is next—and it's up on October 6, 2019. The regular seven (7) digit home phone number will now be replaced with an 8-digit number in compliance to the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC's) directive. If you would […]
Metro Manila Cable Car System, in its Final Stages
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has reported that they currently are in the final stages of their feasibility study for the Metro Manila cable car system. As per them, French consultants are expected to arrive here in the country any time this week to advance and expedite the feasibility of the study of the proposed […]