Registration of SIM card draws flak from mobile users, sellers

The passage of a bill mandating the registration of mobile phones’ pre-paid Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card has earned criticisms both from mobile users and sellers, saying it is unpractical and may violate end users’ basic rights such as the right to communicate and the right of confidentiality.

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City Health Office Chief Dr. Joy Villafuerte updates on the preparedness of the Task Force Ebola during the regular press conference at the City Hall.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

OFW to be discharged from Ebola quarantine in SPMC

Councilor Joselle D. Villafuerte, Chairman of the Committee on Health announced that the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was on mandatory quarantine from ebola in the isolation unit of the SPMC will be discharged.

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Group to DBM, DepEd: Release teachers’ bonuses before yuletide break

A teachers’ group on Friday has urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Department of Education (DepEd) to release the public school teachers’ performance-based bonuses before the yuletide break.

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