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Millions of people claiming their State Pension can look forward to a bumper income boost this year when payments rise by 8.5 per cent from April 8, 2024. Under the wages growth measure of the Triple Lock policy, those on the full New Sate Pension can expect an annual increase of £902, while those on the full Basic (or Old) State Pension will see an uplift of £692).
MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Martin Romualdez has shrugged off a senator’s allegation that he ordered lawmakers to gather signatures for the campaign to amend the 1987 Constitution via People’s Initiative.
DAVAO: A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least 10 people, including five children, officials said Friday. Two people were injured, and at least one more villager remained unaccounted for following the landslide in a remote mountain village in the gold-mining town of Monkayo in Davao de Oro province, Ednar Dayanghirang, the regional chief of the government's Office of Civil Defense, said.
DAVAO: A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least seven people, including children, and seriously injuring two others, a disaster-response official said. Five to 10 people remained unaccounted following the landslide in a far-flung mountain village in the gold-mining town of Monkayo in Davao de Oro province, Ednar Dayanghirang, regional chief of the government's office of civil defence, said on Thursday night.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections may have to temporarily pause its voter registration for the 2025 midterm elections to allow its election officers to sift through the signatures collected in the People’s Initiative seeking to change the Charter.
A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least seven people, including children, and seriously injuring two others, a disaster-response official said.
MANILA, Philippines — Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) condemned the latest development in the controversial public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) as the government gears up to stop the operation of unconsolidated jeepneys starting February 1.
MANILA, Philippines — A Makabayan bloc lawmaker on Thursday voiced concerns at the rapid pace in which signatures have been collected in support of amending the 1987 Constitution, expressing suspicions about the level of coordination behind the “fake” people’s initiative.