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 […]
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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 […]
FDA Gives Order to All Stores to Hide Alcoholic Beverages
Have you ever entered a store and saw alcoholic beverages displayed freely? Did you ever think for these to be legal and marketing-wise, effective? Well, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ordered the concealment of all types of alcoholic beverages in all types of stores in the country. In fact, they issued a new […]
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 […]
Teacher's Salary increase going to happen any time this year
Various concerns and debates that revolve around the topic of increasing the salaries of public teachers have been brought up. In fact, several issues have grown including Senator Vicente Sotto's proposal to exempt public school teachers from paying income tax. You can read more about that here: Sotto Looks to Exempt Public School Teachers From […]
SSS Pension Loan Now up to P200,000 and More!
The Social Security System (SSS) has been one of the pillars of loans and benefits of our country. As a matter of fact, it is the government body responsible for providing a variety of benefits and privileges to members. Just recently, SSS made the announcement that they will be expanding the pension loan for those […]
Bill That Would Limit Holidays For Overall Productivity
Many workers consider holidays as a part of their perks of working. Most of the time, this is when they would be squeezing all other extra-curricular activities they cannot do during work days/hours. So what would you feel if there's a bill that aims to limit holidays? Albay Representative Joey Salceda filed House Bill No. […]