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List Of Holidays and Long Weekends For Year 2020

After a tiring day at work, for sure we are all looking forward to holidays and long weekends so that we can relax and schedule for a short vacation. No worries, we got your back. […]

Motorist Rights At A Police Checkpoint

Police checkpoints aim to maintain public safety through spot checks that deter criminals who roam around the streets. Policemen will set up roadblocks, where they stop and inspect almost all drivers and vehicles passing along a road. So […]

Via UMID ATM Activated Cards SSS Loans and Benefits Can Now be Withdrawn

Social Security System or SSS used to wait for the check to use their loans and benefits, but currently, active members who have Unified Multi-purpose Identification Cards can easily withdraw their loans and benefits such […]

DFA Will Be Accepting Postal ID for Passport Applications

Year 2016 my friend wanted to get a passport so she can visit her Fiancé in the US. She doesn’t have a UMID ID back then or any government IDs for that matter. She decided […]

SSS Expanded Maternity Leave: Over 120,000 Women Gained

For the first quarter of 2019, a total of 122,571 working women have benefited from the expanded Maternity Leave Law according to Social Security System. 122,571 employed women received a longer recuperation time after giving […]

Public School Teacher P40-K Salary

Senator Sonny Angara says that public school teachers deserves to double their salary. He wants to double their pay that the reelectionist senator filed Senate Bill 135. Senate Bill 135 seeks to adjust teachers’ salary […]

OFWs, PWDs, & Senior Citizens No Longer Needs Online Passport Appointment

You don’t need to get an online passport appointment in the DFA website if you are a Senior Citizen, Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) or Person With Disability (PWD’s). The applicants need to bring all the […]

Mandatory PhilHealth Coverage for PWDs was Signed by Duterte into Law

A law providing mandatory Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) coverage to persons with disabilities was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. A copy of which was released by Malacañang last few weeks, Duterte signed Republic Act […]

26,000 to Hire Nurses by DOH for Plantilla Positions with P33,000 Salary

26,000 nurses are needed by Department of Health for plantilla positions. They will be needing nurses for the implementation of the Universal Health Care according to DOH undersecretary Roger Tong-an during the Philippine Nurses Association […]

New Check-In Baggage Policy Of Cebu Pacific Will Take Effect on January 15th

This coming January 15, 2019, Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest airline, will implement a new check-in baggage policy. Passengers who purchased a standard 20 kg baggage allowance will be allowed two pieces of luggage for […]