aaaMANILA---The Senate has approved a bill that making membership in Social Security Systems (SSS) compulsory for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Senate on October 8 approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1753, or the proposed "Social Security Act of 2018" which effectively repeals the 21-year old Social Security Law, or Republic...
aaaManila---The jackpot prize for the 6/58 Ultra Lotto draw tomorrow evening has reached at least P1 billion, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes (PCSO). The PCSO said that the jackpot to be drawn at 9 p.m. tomorrow (October 9) is the highest in the history of Philippine lottery. "This P1 billion jackpot prize is historic for PCSO. E...
aaaMANILA---The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the first six months of 2018 in the Philippines has reached 451, up by 14.4 percent from the 394 cases reported during the same period last year. ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz III urged returning migrant workers who had engage...
aaa Typhoon Signal Number 4 has been raised over Cagayan and northern Isabela due to approaching Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said late this afternoon. In a special weather bulletin issued at 5 p.m., PAGASA said Cagayan and northern Isabela may experie...
aaaManila---The Quezon City Regional Trial Court has convicted a woman for duping a woman for duping three job applicants into non-existing jobs in Macau. Judge Arthur O. Malabaguio of Regional Trial Court Branch 93, Quezon City, found defendant Felisa Areola Caadiang guilty of illegal recruitment in large scale and two counts of estafa. He sentenc...
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Overseas Filipino workers who failed to leave for their jobs abroad due to last week's runway accident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport received financial assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through its Office of Migrant Workers Affairs.
August 24, 2018
aaa The operator of Xiamen Air plane that skidded on the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday night will be fined at least P15 million, the head of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal said the fine will cover the cost of the Boeing 737 removal after the accident le...
aaaMANILA---The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) said it was planning to increase the number of its scholars to 33,000 next year. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña and DOST-SEI Director Josette Biyo made the announcement in a press conference on July 18 at the Philippine International Convention Center ...
aaaMANILA---Following hundreds of cancelled flights, local airlines on Sunday made further adjustments in its operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced that certain flights will not be operating due to heavy ramp congestion.
aaaThe Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) apologized earlier this evening after it failed to reopen a Ninoy Aquino International Aiport (NAIA) runway whose closure has led to the cancellation of more than 60 flights.
The MIAA said they now expected to remove the Xiamen Airlines plane that skidded off the runway by 5 a.m. tomor...
