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Jealousy drove the husband of a UAE-based overseas Filipino worker to stab his own children before taking his own life in Binmaley, Pangasinan, over the weekend. The man got angry when he saw a photo on his wife's Facebook account showing her with another man, GMA Dagupan's Joanne Ponsoy reported Monday. "Yung mga taga-rito, may ipinakita sa Facebook na may katabing lalaki, Arabo yata. Nakalagay doon, 'this is my new wife.' [Ang pinsan ko], dinibdib niya at nanginginig," the suspect's cousin said. Before taking his own life, the man stabbed his two children who are now under observation at a hospital. "Uminom ng alak, biglang sinaksak ang anak at stepson," said Inspector Cesario Fernandez, deputy police chief of Binmaley. "May maingay sabi ng anak ko, umiiyak. Pinuntahan ko, sinilip ko sa kurtina. Doon nakita ko, nakabigti. Yung mga anak niya, duguan," said Edgar Zamora, a relative of the OFW. Investigation showed the man started to get...

Philippine and Israel officials are pushing for the early approval of a bilateral labor agreement that will benefit more or less 20,000 Filipino caregivers in the Middle Eastern country. A statement from the Philippine Embassy in Israel said Ambassador Nathaniel G. Imperial met with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Silvan Shalom on July 21 to discuss the possible agreement. Among the topics discussed, according to the embassy, is the reduction of "mediation fees" by private recruitment agencies which is seen as th ereason for the decline in the number of Filipino workers in Israel. "The Deputy Prime Minister agreed that this practice is unfair for the workers," the embassy said, referring to the collection of mediation fees by private recruitment firms.   The embassy said the two officials agreed that this issue could be addressed through a Bilateral Labor Agreement (BLA), "which both the Philippine and Israeli sides are keen to sign at th...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has tapped the Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc. (BDO) to be its first Local Fund Manager to help grow the health insurance fund and ensure its stability for the benefit of PhilHealth’s 86 million beneficiaries. The Investment Management Agreement was signed by PhilHealth President and CEO Alexander A. Padilla and Ador A. Abrogena, Executive Vice President of BDO Trust at the BDO’s office in Makati City. As local fund manager, BDO will manage P1 billion, which is only a small portion of PhilHealth’s investment reserve fund, and ensure that the fund grows so that PhilHealth can continue to provide for the health insurance benefits of its growing membership base. The partnership is expected to further maximize the returns that PhilHealth generates from its current investments and pave the way for the attainment of the investment objective of optimizing growth and yield through active investments in the STOCK MARKET  th...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has tapped the Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc. (BDO) to be its first Local Fund Manager to help grow the health insurance fund and ensure its stability for the benefit of PhilHealth’s 86 million beneficiaries. The Investment Management Agreement was signed by PhilHealth President and CEO Alexander A. Padilla and Ador A. Abrogena, Executive Vice President of BDO Trust at the BDO’s office in Makati City. As local fund manager, BDO will manage P1 billion, which is only a small portion of PhilHealth’s investment reserve fund, and ensure that the fund grows so that PhilHealth can continue to provide for the health insurance benefits of its growing membership base. The partnership is expected to further maximize the returns that PhilHealth generates from its current investments and pave the way for the attainment of the investment objective of optimizing growth and yield through active investments in the STOCK MARKET  th...

“For Senior Citizens, By Senior Citizens.” This is the battle cry of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as it actively involves the elderly community in the development of a communication plan for senior citizens. As part of its initiatives to further strengthen its information drive, PhilHealth, through its Corporate Marketing Department, recently conducted a consultation meeting with representatives of various senior citizen organizations (SCOs) at its Head Office in Pasig City. The meeting was aimed at closely collaborating with the elderly community in crafting a communication plan for senior citizens. PhilHealth deems it best to work together with representatives of the very recipient and audience of the communication plan – the senior citizens themselves – in order to get first-hand information on what works best for them. During the activity, the SCO representatives did not show any sign of exhaustion nor restlessness as they actively r...

Starting this month, employers in the government and private sectors shall pay their premium contributions, including that of their employees, to any of the accredited collecting agents (ACAs) or e-payment facilities of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). The new policy, which was articulated in PhilHealth Circular 009-2015, mandatorily requires employers with 11 or more employees to remit their premium payments directly to ACAs of their choice and not to PhilHealth offices. According to PhilHealth President and CEO Alexander A. Padilla, the new policy will make premium remittances more convenient to employers and will free them from long queues in PhilHealth Local Health Insurance offices especially during deadlines. “We are continuously making enhancements not only in our benefits but in our services as well, to further provide hassle-free transactions to our 86 million beneficiaries and ensure more efficient posting of premium payments,”  Padilla s...

Starting this month, employers in the government and private sectors shall pay their premium contributions, including that of their employees, to any of the accredited collecting agents (ACAs) or e-payment facilities of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). The new policy, which was articulated in PhilHealth Circular 009-2015, mandatorily requires employers with 11 or more employees to remit their premium payments directly to ACAs of their choice and not to PhilHealth offices. According to PhilHealth President and CEO Alexander A. Padilla, the new policy will make premium remittances more convenient to employers and will free them from long queues in PhilHealth Local Health Insurance offices especially during deadlines. “We are continuously making enhancements not only in our benefits but in our services as well, to further provide hassle-free transactions to our 86 million beneficiaries and ensure more efficient posting of premium payments,”  Padilla sai...