ASEAN-Maybank Foundation is mandated to create positive, long-term impact in communities in the markets where Maybank operates. It strives to identify programmes that will have the most tangible and sustainable results. What is the ASEAN-Maybank Scholarship Programme? The ASEAN-Maybank Scholarship programme is a partnership between Maybank Foundation and the ASEAN Secretariat. It is one of […]
DOLE: Employees to receive double pay on April holidays
Yesterday, April 4, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced that employers must pay workers double pay for services rendered on the proclaimed regular holidays this month. “They should be paid an additional 30 percent of the hourly rate for working overtime. Moreover, employees working on a regular holiday and days off should receive […]
GSIS: Ginhawa for All (GFAL) Computer Loan is extended until June 30, 2022
Are you planning to take out a loan this year? Good news for the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) members, the GSIS' Ginhawa for All (GFAL) Computer Loan that aims to provide GSIS members with a P30,000 loan to assist them in purchasing a computer for their work-from-home setup or their children's virtual classrooms is […]
Quezon City: Seniors are entitled to get free monthly maintenance medicines
Under the City Ordinance no. SP-2892 passed in December 2019, authored by Majority Leader Franz Pumaren, Councilor Donny Matias and Councilor Imee Rillo, the Quezon City's Senior Citizen Maintenance Medicine Program relaunch begins today, April 5, 2022. Senior citizens who need maintenance medicines for hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol will be able to access them […]
PSA Vacant Positions at the Central Office and Field Offices (First and Second Level Positions)
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is mandated to plan, develop, prescribe, disseminate, and enforce policies, rules and regulations, and coordinate government-wide programs governing the production of official statistics, general purpose statistics, civil registration services and inclusive identification system. It shall primarily be responsible for all national censuses and surveys, sectoral statistics, community-based statistics, consolidation of […]
Canada needs 1 million workers over next 5 years
Canada will need about a million workers in the next five years to make up for a severe labor shortage, as birth rates have declined and more Canadian youth move to big cities for high-paying jobs in the financial, communication, and service sectors, while skilled manpower for other sectors of the economy has decreased in […]
SSS extends ACOP compliance to June 30, 2022
Good news for SSS pensioners, the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners' Program (ACOP) compliance has been extended from it's original deadline (March 31) to June 30, 2022, according to SSS President and CEO Michael Regino. This is to give SSS pensioners longer time to comply and to avoid suspension of their monthly pension. “We urge those […]