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Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte bemoaned Wednesday the delayed release of Covid-19 allowances due an estimated 20,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) under a law that was passed years back at the height of the pandemic for the benefit of our medical frontliners. “It is our hope that the Departments of Health (DOH) and of Budget and Management (DBM) […]
Senator Bong Go commended the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the agency’s assurance that it will continue to support and help strengthen the Malasakit Centers program, among other initiatives that can uplift the lives of the poor. Malasakit Centers are one-stop shops that provide particularly poor and indigent patients with more convenient […]
Senator Chiz Escudero cautioned against the “renationalization” or reacquiring of properties formerly owned by the Philippine government, saying it might discourage foreign investors from doing business in the country. “The renationalization of formerly-owned sold state assets is a policy that the national government should be very careful about or should be more circumspect about as […]
Senator Bong Go highlighted the urgent need to improve the National Center for Mental Health and to ensure that all Filipinos have access to proper healthcare. During a public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Health on mental health recently, Go, who chairs the said committee, raised concerns regarding the need for decongestion of […]
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles joined heads of government agencies in signing the Joint Operational Guidelines (JOG) for Republic Act No. 11261 or the First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act (FTJAA) at the Kingsford Hotel Grand Ballroom in Parañaque City on Friday, 12 May 2023. “The ceremonial signing activity is the culmination of the […]
Quirino Governor Dax Cua, the national president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), on Thursday called for reforms in the country’s real property valuation, which he said would empower local government units (LGUs) and improve their service delivery. During the MOA signing for the Local Governance Reform Project of the Department […]
Senator Chiz Escudero resumed the public hearing of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education and tackled policies and initiatives to improve the state of the country’s higher education, including plans to establish medical colleges and veterinary schools in state universities nationwide. During the hearing, the panel approved various proposals to create five additional […]
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) revealed that at least 60,000 Filipinos have benefited from more than P400 million the agency released in medical aid over the first quarter of 2023. “Nasa 60,779 kababayan natin ang natulungan sa kanilang gastusing pang-medikal, na umabot sa P410,427,957.55 na inilabas ng PCSO sa pamamagitan ng Medical Access Program,” […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has filed a bill to guarantee a fuel subsidy for municipal fisherfolk by providing a fuel voucher not lower than P1,000 per month. Under House Bill No. 8007 or the “Pantawid Pambangka Act of 2023”, the Department of Agriculture is mandated to administer the monthly subsidy program, in which […]
Newly-licensed civil engineer and Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) alumnus King Justine Guardario is bent on serving the country, after placing eighth out of the 5,887 hopefuls in the April 2023 Civil Engineering board examination. “I told myself to give back first to those who helped me. I also want to keep training myself […]