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Pag-IBIG Fund released a record-high P27.57 billion in home loans during the first quarter of 2023, an increase of P3.36 billion or 14 percent compared to the P24.21 billion released during the same period in 2022, its top officials announced on Monday, April 24.“We are happy to report that we have started the year strong by posting a new record-high in home loan releases for the first three months of 2023. This means that more Filipino workers have been helped by Pag-IBIG Fund in acquiring their own homes.,” Secretary Jose Rizalino L. Acuzar, who heads the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and the 11-member Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees, said in a press release.Acuzar added that the amount of home loans released by the agency during the first quarter enabled ...

Leading digital solutions platform Globe blocked close to 1.1 billion scam and spam messages in the first quarter of 2023, complementing government efforts against online fraud bolstered by the SIM Registration Act.With the heightened campaign against scammers and the push for SIM registration, Globe has booked a five-fold jump in blocked unwanted and unsolicited messages from 217.31 million recorded in the first quarter of 2022, a press release from the firm said Monday, April 24.Likewise, blacklisted SIMs from Globe’s Stop Spam portal soared to 22,455 from January to March 2023 compared to only 1,812 in the same period last year. Globe also deactivated 647 SIMs, of which, 610 were involved in sending scam or fraud messages, while the remaining 37 were used in sending spam message...

Teleperformance Bacolod joined 22 other sites across the Philippines in observing the Earth Hour, an annual global initiative to promote energy conservation and environmental protection. *Teleperformance, global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management, joined millions across the world in celebrating Earth Hour 2023, continuing to deliver on its commitment to sustainability and the planet.On March 25, as part of its climate action program Citizen of the Planet (COTP), Teleperformance switched off all of the lights in its 23 offices across the Philippines, including in Bacolod City, for one hour in honor of Earth Hour, saving 2,004.04 kilowatt hours (kWH)—enough to power ten homes for an entire month, a press release from the firm said Thursday, April 20.“...

As the April 26 deadline for SIM registration rapidly draws near, leading digital solutions platform Globe strongly urged its subscribers to complete the registration process immediately, with 33.067 million of its 86.5 million customer base compliant with the law as of April 20."We encourage all our subscribers to register their SIMs as soon as possible to maintain uninterrupted access to mobile and broadband services. Pending response to our appeal for the government to extend the deadline, we call on all Globe SIM users to comply with the law," Globe Group President and CEO Ernest Cu said in a press release Thursday, April 20..Globe also reiterated its call for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the deadline so customers can obtain valid...