Pinakamataas sa kasaysayan... Piso sadsad sa P60.10 vs. dolyar

ni Madel Moratillo @Business | March 20, 2025

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Nagsara sa P60.10 ang palitan ng piso kontra US dollar kahapon. 

Sa palitan kahapon bumagsak sa P60.40 ang trading ng piso kontra dolyar mula nang magbukas ito sa P59.90. 

Sa pagsasara ng trading, umabot ito sa P60.10. Ito na ang pinakamataas na palitan ng piso kontra dolyar sa kasaysayan. 

Nabatid na sinusubukan na ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas na mag-intervene sa foreign exchange market para suportahan ang piso at hindi na ito sana umabot sa P60 level.

SSS partners with EastWest Rural Bank to bring MySSS Card services closer to rural areas

by Info @Brand Zone | March 18, 2026

Quezon City - The Social Security System (SSS) today announced that its MySSS Card will soon reach members in unbanked areas after EastWest Rural Bank (EWRB) became its first rural bank card issuer, a move to expand financial inclusion in underserved communities.

SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Joseph M. de Claro (right) and EWRB President Shiela Marasigan-Bajado (left) led the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement, authorizing the bank to issue MySSS Cards, primarily for members in rural areas while remaining accessible to qualified members nationwide.

De Claro praised the partnership as a significant project that will simplify disbursement account enrollment and improve convenience for members, highlighting the card’s dual role as an official SSS ID and debit card.

“The MySSS card also allows SSS to provide digital payment facilities for our registrants, members, pensioners and beneficiaries,” De Claro added.

The SSS uses National ID database checks to confirm that applicants are registered SSS members, ensuring secure card issuance by its partner bank and accurate benefit disbursement through the linked account. The card also enables members to manage their daily financial transactions with ease.

Bajado said that a streamlined MySSS Card application process will be available at EWRB’s 112 branches and branch-lites nationwide this year, most of which are in the provinces, particularly in Mindanao and the Visayas. The card may also be offered at Cross-Selling Desks inside EastWest Bank branches, their parent bank, through a digital channel.

“We will waive maintaining balance requirements for MySSS cardholders, who may also earn interest once their balance reaches at least ₱500, allowing them to grow their savings while enjoying flexible account features,” Bajado said.

De Claro said that SSS has maintained a decade-long collaboration with EWRB, which began in 2017 when the bank was recognized as the Best Collecting and Best Paying Partner in the rural category of the SSS Balikat ng Bayan Awards. “We hope our collaboration will help SSS better serve members wherever they are,” he said.

Maynilad offers desludging services this March

by Info @Brand Zone | March 17, 2026

Date of release: March 17, 2026

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is offering septic tank cleaning services to its residential and semi-business customers this March in select parts of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Manila, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Cavite Province at no extra cost.

Maynilad’s sanitation program is one of the company’s efforts to lessen pollution loading into Metro Manila’s river systems. “We ask our customers to avail of this service, as it will help to protect community health and the environment,” said Engr. Zmel Grabillo, Maynilad’s Head of Wastewater Management.

Customers residing in Barangay 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 141, 147, 150, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 163, and 168 in Caloocan; Brgy. Manuyo I, Manuyo II, and Pilar in Las Piñas; Brgy. Port Area, Sampaloc, Sta. Ana, and Sta. Cruz in Manila; Brgy. Alabang and Tunasan in Muntinlupa; Brgy. Malibay, Maricaban, San Roque in Pasay; Brgy. Baclaran, Don Galo, La Huerta, Marcelo Green, Moonwalk, Sto. Niño, and Tambo in Parañaque; Brgy. Baesa, Bagbag, Damayan, Doña Imelda, Greater Fairvew, Kaligayahan, Manresa, Mariblo, Nagkaisang Nayon, San Antonio, San Jose, Sauyo, St. Peter, Talipapa, and Unang Sigaw in Quezon City; and Brgy. Balangkas, Canumay East, Gen. T. De Leon, and Lingunan in Valenzuela may avail of Maynilad’s desludging service. 

Moreover, some Maynilad customers in Cavite Province, particularly Brgy. Aniban I, Banalo, Bayanan, Bucandula IV, Campo Santo, Daang Bukid, Digman, Dulong Bayan, Habay II, Mabolo I, Maliksi I, Mambog I, Mambog V, Molino I, Malino, II, Panapaan I to VII, Palico IV, Poblacion, Tabing Dagat, Talaban II to Talaba VII, and Zapote V in Bacoor City; Brgy. Malagasang I-D to Malagasang I-F, Malagasang II-D to Malagasang II-G, and Malagasang II in Imus City may avail of the company’s septic tank cleaning services at no extra cost. Septic tank cleaning service normally costs around Php 4,700 per truck.

Maynilad customers interested in availing of the company’s septic tank cleaning service may call the Maynilad Hotline 1626 to determine the requirements and procedures. Additional information is also available in the company’s website, www.mayniladwater.com.ph, and social media accounts (X: @maynilad, Facebook: /MayniladWater).

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) in the Philippines in terms of customer base. Its service area includes the cities of Manila (all but portions of San Andres and Sta. Ana), Quezon City (west of San Juan River, West Avenue, EDSA, Congressional, Mindanao Avenue, the northern part starting from the Districts of Holy Spirit and Batasan Hills), Makati (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas, and Malabon, all in Metro Manila; and the cities of Cavite, Bacoor, and Imus, and the municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario, all in the province of Cavite.