My new sunrise

Leonora Aquino-Gonzales - @inquirerdotnet 08/15/2020

On Aug. 1, 2019, I retired from the World Bank. I hate to admit it, but my work was my safe haven for close to 25 years. I could have stayed for five more years, so it…

PJ Simon retirement pushed back by pandemic

Bong Lozada - INQUIRER.net 05/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines—PJ Simon’s farewell will have to wait due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced major sporting leagues around the world including the PBA to suspend their seasons indefinitely. The iconic sixth man left an indelible mark…

PRBU-7 starts cleansing retired cops’ pensioners list

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Retirement and Benefits Administration Unit in Central Visayas (PRBU-7), has started accounting the police retirees in Cebu, today, March 9, 2020. According to Police Master Sergeant Ronald Rosello, the new mechanism…

Wade jersey retirement, documentary planned

01/08/2020

MIAMI — The Miami Heat will celebrate Dwyane Wade’s career with a three-day series of tributes next month, including the retirement of his No. 3 jersey and a viewing of the documentary that chronicles his final season.…

Garcia’s draft ordinance promises retirement gratuity for Cebu City barangay officials

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Barangay officials may soon receive retirement gratuity if the Cebu City Council passes a draft ordinance by Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia that will authorize the release of the compensation after they have completed their…

House OKs bill lowering retirement age of GSIS members to 56

Inquirer.net 12/10/2018

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill amending the Governmment Service Insurance Act of 1997, which would allow government workers to retire at age 56. Two hundred…

Davide pleads for Magpale to reconsider retirement from politics

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/25/2018

Wanting to bolster his bid for reelection, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III continues to ask Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale to reconsider her decision to retire from politics. Davide said she badly needs Magpale as runningmate. In previous…

Ombud sacks 2 cops in lawyer’s slay, cancels retirement benefits

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/19/2018

The Office of the Ombudsman has forfeited the retirement benefits and annulled the civil service eligibility of two former police officials who were tagged in the ambush-slay of Cebuano lawyer Noel Archival and his two companions in…

Grace of retirement, palabra de honor

Editorial 06/24/2018

In a nation where politicians seek to hold on to power though discredited, pretend they will not run though their electioneering materials are ubiquitous, or aspire to remain in office till death, Cebu Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale’s…

REMATCH!

Inquirer.net 07/04/2017

Pacquiao dismisses retirement calls, wants another fight against Horn General Santos City–Rematch over retirement. Manny Pacquiao guaranteed a return bout with Jeff Horn Monday night, shelving calls to end a sterling ring career outright. “There’s a rematch,”…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/09/2017

  EDIBLE PAPER WHILE eating at a fast-food restaurant, a female diner overheard two friends talking about the piece of paper placed under a “siopao” or Chinese meat bun. One of them asked the other why she…

Resolving the SSS pension hike

Editorial 01/09/2017

A P1,000 increase in pension for retirees of the Social Security System (SSS) is supposed to be released this month, yet there has been no official word so far that President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law a…

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