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The government should exert greater effort to allow the close to 3 million students who have dropped out of school last year due to the pandemic to continue their studies, an education advocacy group said today. “Kailangang mabigyan natin ng suporta ang pamilya ng mga batang napilitang mag-dropout sa nakaraang school-year upang maipagpatuloy nila ang […]
Beginning January 1, 2023, all Filipinos who have registered in the national identification (ID) system will own a bank account that will have access to government’s financial services. This was the proposal laid down by Senator Win Gatchalian in filing Senate Bill No. 2251 or the “One Filipino, One Bank Account Act” as the measure […]
The government needs to obligate the P173 billion for Bayanihan 2 before the end of the law’s effectivity on June 30 to ramp up COVID vaccination and eventually recover from the lockdown-caused economic slump, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Noting the spikes in COVID cases in the provinces, Pangilinan also said the government needs a lot […]
“When we take care of our teachers, we take care of our future.” This said Quezon City 5th District Councilor Karlo Castelo who was elated with the good news about the pay increase teachers performing election-related functions will receive. The Department of Education (DepEd) recently announced the pay increase of P3,000 for all teachers who […]
First-time dad Nico Bolzico and first-time Mom Solenn Heusaff are teaching their one-year old daughter Tili, a very important health lesson this Father’s Day. This is their second Father’s Day with Tili who may just grow up to be as active and as adventurous as her famous parents. “Know where that water is coming from […]
Senator Joel Villanueva underscored the importance of vaccinating Filipino seafarers, saying the inoculation would allow them to return on ships onboard and resume their livelihood severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Villanueva joined officials at the vaccination kickoff, led by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, NTF deputy chief implementer Vince Dizon, […]
Recruiting medical scholars should be as funded and as focused as government preparations for the May 2022 elections, Senator Joel Villanueva said, adding that “future physicians are the most important hire the government should make at this time”. Villanueva, principal sponsor and author of the landmark Doktor Para Sa Bayan Law, said the medical scholarship […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles took occasion to highlight the success of the government’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program during the 7th leg of the Kasama sa Pamana: Regional Pre-SONA Series in San Fernando, La Union last June 15, 2021.At the event, Nograles stressed that EPAHP’s advances in Region 1 were made possible […]
Senator Sonny Angara filed a resolution commending golfer Yuka Saso for becoming the first Filipina to have won the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship. Angara said the feat of Saso has captured the hearts and minds of Filipinos and has generated an increased awareness and interest in the sport of golf in the Philippines. In […]
Senator Joel Villanueva sought clarification from officials involved in pandemic response on what he said was a “confusing” policy that would require those fully-vaccinated Filipinos to produce two sets of proof — a vaccine card and certification issued by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) or the Local Health Officer. “Isn’t this additional […]