Banking Hours Schedule Holy Week 2016 announced

MANILA, Philippines - Major banks in the country announced the banking hours schedule in observance of the Lenten Season or Holy Week this 2016.

Most of the banks will be closed from Maundy Thursday (March 24) to Easter Sunday (March 27).

Banco de Oro (BDO) Bank Schedule

BDO announced that all branches will be open to service the banking needs of the clients and the general public until Wednesday, March 23.

All branches will be closed during Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, March 24 and 25.

The following branches will be open to serve you on Black Saturday and Easter Sunday, March 26 and 27:

The Bank's ATM network and online channels are ready to handle transactions and other banking services during the Lenten break. The regular banking operations will resume Monday, March 28.


Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Bank Schedule

On its Twitter post, BPI said said all branches and kiosks of BPI and BPI Family Savings Bank will be closed Thursday, March 24, to Sunday, March 27. Regular banking operations will resume on Monday, March 28.

Banking Advisory: In observance of the Holy Week, our branches/kiosks will be closed from March 24-27 and will resume on Monday, March 28.

— BPI (@TalktoBPI) March 23, 2016

"For credit card payments, clients may pay their bills on or before March 23, 2016 to ensure posting of their payments before the long weekend. Please note that payments made from March 24 to 27 will be posted to their accounts on Tuesday, March 29, 2016," BPI said.

BPI will also perform a systems maintenance from 9 p.m. of Thursday, March 24, to 9 p.m. of Friday, March 25.

"BPI’s 24/7 banking channels such as online, mobile and phone banking (89-100) will be unavailable during this time. Transactions via BPI’s ATMs and cash deposit machines will be available," the bank said.


Metrobank Schedule

Metrobank said that selected branches will be open from March 24 to 27. Check out their holy week advisory here.

Payments received after 23 March 2016 (Wednesday) shall be processed on 28 March 2016 (Monday), the bank said.

All E-Channels (MetrobankDirect Online Banking, Mobile Banking, Metrophone, ATMs) will be available 24/7, it added.


Philippine National Bank (PNB) Bank Schedule

On its Facebook post, PNB said that select branches will be open to serve during Holy Week.

China Bank Schedule

China Bank on its website announced that all branches will be closed from March 24-26. The regular banking will resume on Monday, March 28.

"For banking needs, China Bank ATMs are available 24/7 nationwide. You may do real time transactions via China Bank online www.chinabankonline.ph, thru the Telephone 88-55-888 and thru the China Bank mobile App," the bank said.


Security Bank

Security Bank branches will be closed from March 24 to 27 except for NAIA and NAIA Terminal 3 which will be open on March 26 and 27. For inquiries and concerns, you may their customer contact center at 88-791-88.


Maybank Schedule

Maybank announced that all branches will be closed from March 24 to 27. Regular banking hours will resume on March 28 except for Resorts World branches that will open at 7:30 in the morning.

PSBank

Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), meanwhile, said all its branches nationwide will be closed on Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25.

Its ATMs, PSBank Mobile and PSBank Online will be available for banking transactions.


EastWest Bank

All branches will be closed on March 24 to 25.

Selected mall-based branches open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 26 to 27.

From March 24 to 27, EastWest Online, ATMs and customer service hotline available.

United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB)

From March 24 to 26, all branches will be closed. Meanwhile, e-banking channels are available.

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Hardworking boy selling coin banks earns praises from netizens

A 16-year-old boy from Cebu has become an inspiration for many netizens after his touching story circulated on Facebook.

Netizen Rayamel Racoma shared his fateful encounter with the young coin bank vendor. PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Rayamel Racoma

One of his customers, Rayamel Racoma, decided to share his fateful encounter with the hardworking boy through a lengthy post on Facebook.

The young working student earns around P5 to P10 for each coin bank that he resells for P60 each. Despite the meagre income he gets from reselling, Escunde is grateful for the opportunity as he gets a kilogram of rice every time he purchases several pieces of coin banks to resell. At a young age, Escunde is able to support his family in his own little way.

From their conversation, Racoma also learned that the young vendor spends the night in the city particularly on Fridays and Saturdays to spare himself from cycling all the way back to his home.

When Racoma learned that the young vendor hasn’t taken his dinner yet, he offered to buy him a hotdog sandwich meal from a nearby convenience store. To Racoma’s surprise, Escunde only ate the hotdog. When asked why he didn’t consume the rest of the meal, Escunde revealed that he was saving it for breakfast the following day.

In his post, Racuma said he intends to fill the coin bank he bought from Escunde with donations from netizens and later give it to him for his needs. He also encouraged other netizens to help the boy by buying coin banks from him.

In his post he wrote: “Please help me change his LIFE by buying his COINBANK or in any kind of HELP that can put SMILE in his FACE.I would like to have the COINBANK i bought from him to FILL it 10 peso coin and all of the PROCEEDS will be personally handed to him in a kind of buying things that he needs. e.g clothes, school supplies and groceries for his family.”

Here’s the full story.

PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END... The guy in the picture is Tonyo Escunde, a 16 years old. A grade 4 pupil of Dakit...
Posted by Rayamel Racoma on Friday, March 18, 2016

-Mini, The Summit Express

Street boys caught using “pamalo” to extort money from drivers in Quezon Avenue

MANILA, Philippines- A group of young men were caught threatening drivers along a busy road in Quezon City using long metal poles to extort money. The young men were reportedly “high” on solvent during the incident.

Street boys caught using “pamalo” to extort money from drivers in Quezon Avenue.
Photo Credit: Gidget Cuisia

Concerned netizen Gidget Cuisia was able to take snaps of the incident from the window of her office on Tuesday, March 22 at around 2pm. Armed with metal rods, the street boys were seen threatening to strike public and private vehicles of drivers who refuse to give anything. According to Cuisia, no law enforcers were present during the incident.

Motorists beware!!! Right now, 3 young men extorting money from private and public vehicles along Quezon Avenue corner...
Posted by Gidget Cuisia on Monday, March 21, 2016

In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Cuisia revealed that one of young men stopped a jeepney and a private vehicle.

Cuisia told ABS-CBN News: "It became apparent that he was threatening to hit the vehicles with the rod if the driver/passenger don't give anything.”

Moreover, Cuisia also told ABS-CBN News that it was her first time to notice such incident in the location.

Cuisia’s post quickly spread like wildfire on social media with over 10,000 shares as of press time.

Early this month, reports revealed that a young girl loitering at Katipunan road threatened to smash a car window after a driver refused to give her money. The unidentified girl was around 12 to 13 years old.

On October 3, 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed into a law a measure that aims to protect youth offenders and amend the Juvenile Justice System and Welfare Act of 2006.

Still, the new law retained 15 as the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Under this law, a child who is 15 years old or under at the time of the commission of the offense will remain exempt from criminal liability. Instead, the offender must undergo an intervention program of the government.

Due to the alarming rise of crimes involving juveniles, some sectors have urged the Congress to change the provisions on the minimum age of liability. However, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) pointed pointed that children in conflict with the law are also victims.

-Mini, The Summit Express