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Improving welfare of Filipino elderly

A NEW 10 percent increase in the monthly retirement and disability pensions of Filipino pensioners under the Social Security System in the third quarter...

Flights cancelled as strike hits Belgium

BRUSSELS – A national strike over a government savings plan grounded flights and disrupted public transport in Belgium on Tuesday, with tens of thousands...

Peru marks second day of violent anti-gov’t rallies

LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators in Peru’s capital Lima took to the streets again on Sunday (Monday Manila time) following clashes that...

SSS to roll out pension reform, raise monthly retirement benefits by a third up to P29,465

The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday announced a pension reform program that will raise maximum monthly retirement benefits by a third to P29,465...

Macron defends pension reform, understands Frenchmen’s ‘anger’

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday staunchly defended his widely unpopular pension reform but said he understood the "anger" felt by the French after three...

Last-ditch protests over Macron’s pension reform

PARIS—Hundreds of thousands of people are set to take to the streets across France again on Thursday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension...

Unrest in France prompts Charles to postpone visit

PARIS -- Violent pension reform protests in France led to the postponement Friday of King Charles III’s trip to the country, highlighting the growing...

France faces make-or-break vote after pensions uproar

PARIS—French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly lower house, after forcing through an unpopular...

French protests over pension reform go on

PARIS – People took to the streets across France on Saturday after President Emmanuel Macron imposed an unpopular pension overhaul without a parliament vote. Macron’s...

France gripped by strikes, protests by over 1 million vs. pension reform

Paris—More than a million people marched in France on Thursday to protest pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with police in Paris, as strikes...
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