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A measure providing programs and incentives for the development of young athletes has hurdled the committee level of the House of Representatives. During a virtual hearing, the House committee on appropriations approved the substitute bill to House Bill No. 5808, or the proposed Young Athletes Assistance Act. Siquijor Representative Jake Vincent Villa, the author of […]
A House of Representatives panel approved the tax provision of the measure seeking to create a National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institute (NCGHRI). In an online hearing, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved the substitute bill that would establish dedicated medical facilities and geriatric specialty centers across all regions. “The NCGHRI […]
A party-list lawmaker asked Congress to expedite the passage of a measure that would create a globally recognized national vaccination passport for Filipinos fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ang Probinsyano Party-list Representative Ronnie Ong made the appeal after reports that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were denied entry in Hong Kong because immigration authorities […]
The 24th vaccination center in the province of Bataan opens in an upland village. The measure aims to provide faster and more comfortable inoculation services against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to people right near their residences and to ensure population protection in the province soon. Second district Representative Jose Enrique Garcia III said this is […]
A measure exempting medical supplies and devices for COVID-19 prevention, control, and treatment from taxes has been filed at the House of Representatives. Albay Representative Joey Salceda filed House Bill 9958, or the COVID-19 Supplies Tax Exemption Act, in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to Congress to provide tax relief to manufacturers of medical […]
Registered dentists and licensed medical technologists may soon be allowed to serve as vaccinators against COVID-19 as a measure proposing such hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. During its online hearing, the House Committee on Health approved House Bill 9354, which seeks to add dentists and medical technologists as vaccinators to help in […]
The House of Representatives will bestow the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for winning two silver medals and a bronze for the Philippines in the recently concluded Tokyo Summer Olympics.Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano have filed House […]
A House of Representatives panel approved a measure promoting financial inclusivity and literacy especially to those living in rural and underdeveloped areas to ensure equitable access to financial technology. During its online hearing, the House Committee on Rural Development approved the substitute bill to House Bill 7452 subject to style and amendments, the substitute bill […]
A Negrense lawmaker has sought to expedite the approval of the bill seeking to create a National Academy of Sports (NAS) campus in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental to provide specialized training for young athletes in the province. “I hope the House will soon approve this bill so we can start training young Negrense athletes with […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has called for the full implementation of a 2018 law that expands state health and nutrition programs for women and children covering Day One of a mother’s pregnancy up to the child’s first two years, to help address disturbing data on hunger and malnutrition among “food poor” Filipinos. The first […]