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Officials from the Philippine government, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the United Nations (UN) jointly launched on February 20, 2023, a program that aims to address the high rates of adolescent pregnancies in the country. Funded by the Republic of Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the joint program “Accelerating the Reduction […]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III on Sunday highlighted a glaring disparity between the term limits of elected officials and the minimum requirement to qualify for the government’s pension program and urged the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to allow elected officials and their staff to continue remitting voluntary contributions equivalent to 15 years. […]
For devising a template that could help address common manufacturing problems, a faculty member from the Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) was awarded first place in a recently concluded doctoral dissertation competition held in Sydney, Australia. Engr. Ma. Teodora Gutierrez, an assistant professor under the Industrial Engineering Department of T.I.P. Quezon City, submitted her […]
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has provided more than P2 billion worth of direct assistance to more than 250,000 individuals with health-related problems seeking financial help in 2022 through its flagship Medical Assistance Program (MAP). “True to our mission of providing responsive assistance to eligible recipients and beneficiaries, the PCSO has helped hundreds of […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Insurance Commission (IC) to scrap the implementation of its IC Circular Letter No. 2022-34 which seeks to increase the minimum catastrophe (earthquake, typhoon and flood) insurance premium rates, especially because the country’s inflation hit a 14-year high of 8.7% this January. The hike was supposed to be […]
Quezon City 1st District Rep. Arjo Atayde thanked his colleagues at the House of Representatives for approving on the third and final reading a bill that establishes a safer working environment for workers of the movie and television industry. “Nagpapasalamat ako sa aking mga kasama sa Kamara sa pagpasa ng Eddie Garcia bill. Bilang kasapi […]
Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte and three other lawmakers have proposed the establishment of specialty hospitals across major regions in the country to bring quality healthcare closer to people living outside Metro Manila. House Bill (HB) 6857 filed by Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS Reps. Jeffrey Soriano and Edvic Yap aims […]
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) administered to a total of 573 examinees the Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSC-FSO) yesterday, 5 February 2023, in 13 regions. This number represents 89.39% of the total registered examinees (641) from National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 1 to 11, and the Cordillera Administrative Region. CSC Chairperson Karlo […]
Lawmakers led by Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte have pushed for the swift approval of a measure that aims to grant parents of children with disabilities (CWDs) a P2,000 monthly subsidy from the government. House Bill 6743 filed by Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS Partylist Reps. Edvic Yap and Jeffrey Soriano […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday reiterated its commitment to provide financial relief to Filipinos in light of socio-economic challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic as it proposed to implement steady incremental increases in its premium contribution schedule to give time for Filipinos to adjust. PhilHealth had already previously affirmed compliance with […]