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With data showing a rising number of families experiencing involuntary hunger, and with the country’s population expected to grow by 1.9 million this year, the government is now moving to provide food assistance for the most vulnerable groups in the country: malnourished children aged 6 months to 23 months old and nutritionally-at-risk pregnant women.This according […]
With seven out of 10 Filipino workers at risk of losing their jobs to automation, upskilling and retooling of workers should be one of the key considerations under the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Underscoring the inadequacy of job-related training in the country for workers, […]
Legal aid advocate and neophyte lawmaker Rep. Fidel Nograles (Rizal, 2nd District) revealed that the Lakbay Hustisya Foundation will be offering scholarship grants to law students in exchange for rendering free legal services. “We are offering scholarship grants to law students nationwide to encourage them to explore advocacy work, specifically in providing legal aid to indigent Filipinos,” […]
“A big step forward for geriatric health care.” This was how Minority Leader Benny Abante categorized the launch of the country’s first hemodialysis unit for seniors, which is part of the new and expanded health services being offered by the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC). Senior citizens are extremely vulnerable to renal disease. […]
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has announced that the Philippine Emergency Hotline 911 is back in full operation following a brief hiatus after several of its emergency telecommunicators (ETCs) contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año thanked the public for their kind understanding of the problems faced by the […]
Government must look for more resources to be able to support local micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as MSMEs create jobs, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “The current amounts allocated to help 50,000 of the estimated 2 million to 3 million MSMEs is a drop in the bucket. Kulang na […]
The government’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program had another successful launch on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, this time in Negros Occidental where Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said “the fight against poverty and hunger in the country is one of the key and urgent programs of the Duterte administration.” “In a short span […]
Government is in the process of calibrating the soon-to-be rolled out National Food Policy (NFP) in order to address reported rising cases of hunger, one of the expected adverse effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles revealed this on Monday in response to a mobile survey recently released by the Social […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the holding of early voting for close to 10 million senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to ensure greater participation in the electoral process amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Angara aired his concern about how seniors and PWDs continue to be disenfranchised or are facing difficulties in […]
Addressing the concerns of teachers amid uncertainties in this time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the best way to celebrate National Teachers’ Month. For Senator Win Gatchalian, this is the most meaningful way to observe the month-long celebration which culminates on October 5, coinciding with the official school opening. Gatchalian reiterated that addressing […]