Pinakamababa mula noong 2005 3.6% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IKINATUWA NI NOGRALES

BILANG chairman ng House of Representatives’ Labor and Employment Committee, ikinatuwa ni Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles ang naitalang pinakamababang unemployment rate sa bansa simula noong 2005. “The 3.6 percent unemployment rate indicates that the government is on the right track in providing jobs to our people as we recover from the losses caused by the pandemic,” ayon kay Nograles. Kamakailan, iniulat ng Philippine Statistics Authority na ang nasabing bilang ng mga walang trabaho noong Nobyembre ay 1.83 million, malaking kabawasan mula sa 2.18 million na naitala sa parehong…

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Matapos paimbestigahan sa Kamara STARBUCKS ATRAS SA BAWAS-DISCOUNT SA SENIORS

MATAPOS ipag-utos ni Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez ang pagsasagawa ng imbestigasyon, iniatras ng sikat na coffee chain Starbucks ang paglimita sa nakukuhang 20 porsyentong diskwento ng senior citizens at persons with disabilities (PWDs). Sa pagdinig ng House committee on ways and means, inamin ni Angela Cole, ang operations director ng Starbucks Philippines, ang naging pagkakamali sa paglimita sa ibinibigay na diskwento at sinabi na agad umanong ipinatanggal ang maling signage na naipaskil sa mga outlet nito. Nakasaad sa kontrobersyal na signage ng Starbucks na ang discount ay ibibigay lamang…

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CLASS SUIT SA ONLINE SHOPPING PLATFORM

INATASAN ng chairman ng House committee on ways and means ang mga kinauukulang ahensya ng gobyerno na ikonsidera ang pagsasampa ng class suit laban sa mga online shopping platform tulad ng Lazada at Shopee at maging ang kanilang sellers dahil sa hindi pagbibigay ng discount sa senior citizens at person with disability (PWD). Sa pagdinig ng nasabing komite kahapon ukol sa hindi pagbibigay ng discount at VAT exemption sa mga senior citizen, PWD at maging sa solo parents ng iba’t ibang establisimyento sa bansa, isa sa napagbalingan ang mga online…

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MAS MATATAG NA CYBERSECURITY NG PILIPINAS, TARGET NG DND

INIHAYAG ng Department of National Defense (DND) na kasalukuyan na silang nagsasagawa ng pag-aaral para higit pang mapalakas ang cybersecurity ng Pilipinas. Ayon kay DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., magsisimula muna sila sa umpisa at magsasagawa ng malalimang pag-analisa. “So we have to start from base zero. We have had a gap analysis, and there’s a lot to do. We have to put in the right infrastructure, architecture, hardware, software, protocols, and digital hygiene,” ayon sa kalihim. “Secondly, contrary to government rules of just-in-time, inventory, etc., we will be building…

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Bulacan bettor claims P43-M Lotto 6/42 jackpot

Photo shows: Assistant General Manager Juliet F. Aseo turn over the cheque to the sole winner of Lotto 6/42 on December 29,2023 . A bettor from San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, has claimed her winnings at the PCSO Main Office a day after hitting the jackpot of the Lotto 6/42 drawn on Dec. 28, 2023, which carried a prize of P43,882,361.60. The 47-year-old housewife bagged the jackpot after correctly guessing the winning numbers, 18-34-01-11-28-04, taken from her family’s birthdates and two other special numbers, 28 and 34. The lucky winner…

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PCSO logs P265-M one-day total sales; highest in 5 years

CONTINUING to prove that it has the full trust and support of the Filipino bettors, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has recorded P265 million in one-day sales on Tuesday (January 16). The amount was the highest recorded one-day sales in over five years or since October 14, 2018 when the prize pot hit P1.18-billion. Lotto sales started to increase since the launch of the PCSO’s ‘Handog Pakabog’ Christmas draws last Dec. 16 after the agency raised the minimum guaranteed prize of Grand Lotto 6/55, UltraLotto 6/58 and, later on,…

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