UCPB shifts to EMV chip-based cards; to deactivate old, magnetic-striped cards by August 1

The United Coconut Planters Bank, one of the largest banks in the Philippines, announced that it will be using the Europay, Mastercard, VISA debit card which is the global standard for payment card security.

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Militant solon to Duterte: What happened to your promised reforms?

Barely a week before President Rodrigo Duterte deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), a militant lawmaker on Tuesday said the President’s promised reforms remain “intangible and inedible” especially to the country’s poor sectors.

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Read more about the article PHL’s Catholic Church brings P10-M humanitarian response to Marawi evacuees
Two-year old boy, Abdulrahman is among the more than 200,000 internally displaced persons affected by the conflict in Marawi City. His family evacuated in the municipal hall of Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur province. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

PHL’s Catholic Church brings P10-M humanitarian response to Marawi evacuees

The Philippines Catholic Church is rolling out a a P10-million humanitarian response to the families affected by the ongoing crisis in Marawi.

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Read more about the article Duterte vows support for  ‘more independent, powerful’ Bangsamoro in PHL
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shakes hands with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal after receiving a draft of the new proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) during the turnover ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacañan Palace on July 17, 2017. Also in the photo are (from left) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. (KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Duterte vows support for ‘more independent, powerful’ Bangsamoro in PHL

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday vowed to support the establishment of a more independent and powerful Bangsamoro homeland in the country.

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