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 […]
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Credit and Policy Councils (ACPC)
Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) was created in 1986 by virtue of Executive Order 113 to assist the Department of Agriculture (DA) in synchronizing all credit policies and programs in support of the latter’s priority programs. There are five (5) programs under the ACPC which include SURE COVID-19, Kapital Access for Young Agri-preneurs (KAYA), Agri-Negosyo […]
AcadArena Scholarships and Aid (ASA) 2022
AcadArena, a campus gaming group, is relaunching its merit scholarship program for students in high school and college, funding itself after securing a P176 million ($3.5million) investment with the support of high-profile investors consisting of gaming and technology executives such as Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin and Crunchyroll co-founder Kun Gao. The new program includes brands […]
AY 2021-2022, AY 2022-2023: CHED opens application for Medical Scholarship and Return Service (MSRS) Program
Under the memorandum dated March 04, 2022, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is officially accepting applicants for the Medical Scholarship and Return Service (MSRS) program for Doctor of Medicine program for the second semester, AY 2021-2022 and first semester, AY 2022-2023. Hence, conforming to the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) No. 7722, otherwise […]
Lists of DepEd Teachers' Benefits and Allowances for FY 2022
By law, the biggest share of the National Budget goes to the education sector, which covers funding for the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). For Fiscal Year 2022, DepEd along with its attached agencies received 633.32 Billion or […]