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Senator Risa Hontiveros led the launch of a state-of-the-art “mobile clinic” to give free medical services to Filipinos in poor and far-flung locations in the Philippines. Hontiveros opened the new “Healthy Pinas Mobile Clinic” in Barangay Turu at Magalang town, Pampanga recently. The mobile clinic can serve a maximum of 300 indigent patients a day. […]
A new poll on distance learning woes reveals how the digital divide hounds parents and learners nationwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For Senator Win Gatchalian, the basic education sector’s recovery should accelerate efforts in expanding access to both internet connectivity and gadgets for learning. Out of 1,200 adults surveyed nationwide in a Pulse Asia survey […]
Senator Win Gatchalian condemned reports of sexual harassment involving faculty members of the Far Eastern University High School which went viral on social media platforms. Some students recently shared via twitter their recollection of how they were sexually harassed by some of their male teachers before the pandemic. “The FEU high school’s administration to hold […]
A House leader called for the reallocation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) funds to subsidy programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), saying in a resolution he filed on Friday that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill which seeks to provide relief to student-beneficiaries of the Free Higher Education and Free Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs under Republic Act No. 10931. Recall that Section 6 of Republic Act 10931 otherwise known as “Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act” pertains to exceptions to free […]
To mark its 12th year, the Geodetic Engineering Student Conference (GESC) goes online with the theme “Burgeon: Emergence of Geodetic Engineering and Science in the 21st Century.” First launched by UP Geodetic Engineering Club in 2009, the GESC is an annual gathering of Geodetic Engineering students from across the Philippines. GESC 2021 introduces young and […]
In consonance with the theme “Restore Our Earth” of this year’s Earth Day celebration on April 22, Senator Cynthia Villar called on everyone to participate in initiatives to bring back a greener and healthier environment. Villar also cited the global significance of the 175-hectare mangrove forest and marine habitat Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park, one of […]
Senator Win Gatchalian appealed to local and other government officials to spare the now growing number of community pantries from being tainted by politics and said that this kind of initiative should encourage more participants from the private sector. For Gatchalian, the idea of a community pantry ignites the modern-day bayanihan spirit and instills discipline […]
To ensure the efficient and prompt delivery of future government financial assistance programs, Senator Win Gatchalian broached the idea of having each Filipino owning one bank account. “Ngayon meron na tayong national ID. May isang batas akong gustong i-file na may kaugnayan sa national ID, ang tawag ko dito ay ‘One Filipino, One Bank Account’,” […]
Mediartrix of the University of Santo Tomas is bringing its first Web-Series Production to your screens! Set during the pandemic, Homo Homo sapiens tells the story of the protagonists who met through the hands of fate. By the will of the universe, a mysterious website brought them together. Bram Herrera is a boy who has been single all […]