Pag-IBIG Fund defers contribution hike to help in pandemic recovery

THE Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees has officially approved the postponement of the agency’s contribution hike in 2023, citing the continuing recovery of both workers and business owners from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Rizalino L. Acuzar and the 11-member Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees said they unanimously ap -

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TOP GUN ‘LAWIN.’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Is seen on board an FA-50PH fighter jet after a familiarization flight during the acceptance, turnover and blessing of the C-295 Medium Lift Aircraft acquired by the Philippine Air Force in a ceremony at the Clark Air Base in Pampanga on Tuesday March 7, 2023. Alfred Frias

Gov’t eyes new work hours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GOVERNMENT agencies may soon adjust their office hours to 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Mondays to Thursdays with work-from-home setups on Fridays, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Tuesday.

In a Palace press conference, Diokno revealed that the Department of Energy

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By Charles Dantes, Vince Lopez, and Maricel Cruz

CHINESE vessels roaming near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea are not heeding the Philippine Coast Guard’s warnings to respect the country’s maritime borders, the latter’s spokesman said Tuesday. This developed as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. boarded a fighter jet and flew over a portion of the WPS, a Palace source told

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