The Department of Social Welfare and Development said it has lowered the age qualification of indigent senior citizens who can receive the monthly social pension of P500 monthly from 77 to 65.
A labor group is demanding for a discount card for workers receiving minimum wage and unemployment insurance for laid-off employees.The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines - Nagkakaisa wants the said benefits be given on May 1, Labor Day.
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) welcomes the approval of the law abolishing the Revised Penal Code provision that makes it illegal for a woman to marry within certain conditions after the death of her husband or annulment of marriage.
A palace official confirmed that President Benigno S. Aquino III has already signed a joint resolution with Congress, increasing the daily subsistence allowance of uniformed personnel from P90 to P150 per day, effective January 1, 2015.
A member of the CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) died while two others were wounded after the New People’s Army allegedly detonated an improvised explosive device in South Cotabato on the day of the NPA’s 46th anniversary, an army official said.