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Senior citizens’ group seeks SSS pension loan

MANILA -- A senior citizens' organization on Thursday called on the Social Security System (SSS) to heed the clamor of pensioners for a pension loan designed especially for the needs of the...

Muslim Filipinos offer morning prayers to mark end of Ramadan

MANILA -- Muslim Filipinos continued to pray for peace in the country, particularly in Mindanao, as they marked the end of the month-long Ramadan on Friday. According to Hajji Muhammad Ersad Malli, administrator...

PDEA nabs trader, seizes drugs, guns in Cotabato

COTABATO CITY--Anti-narcotics agents arrested Thursday night a businessman here for drug peddling, authorities said Friday. Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM)...

DILG reminds youth leaders to be ‘catalyst for change’

ILOILO CITY -- Recently-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officers in the province of Iloilo should “maximize their energy” to better serve their fellow youth. Teodora Sumagaysay, provincial director of the Department of the Interior...

DSWD launches 1st UCT payout to social pension beneficiaries

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday launched the first ever Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) payout to some 733 Kapampangan-beneficiaries of the Social...

MMDA advisory: Reblocking, repairs along EDSA this weekend

MANILA -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will conduct road repairs along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and other major roads in Metro Manila this weekend, the Metropolitan...

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