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Senator Bong Go urged the Department of Health to fill thousands of vacant government health positions, stressing that providing stable employment at home could help more Filipino healthcare workers build their careers in the country without having to endure prolonged separation from their families abroad. During the Senate hearing on the proposed 2027 health budget, […]
Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante Jr. said the majority public satisfaction with district representatives shows that the House of Representatives continues to perform its legislative and constituency duties even as it fulfills its constitutional responsibilities in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Abante made the statement following the latest OCTA Research Tugon […]
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto personally led the Laguna leg of the Malacañang-backed “Bawat Barangay Makikinabang” program held at the Laguna Sports Complex where a huge crowd gathered to witness the distribution of assistance intended for the province’s 681 barangays. Governor Sol Aragones graced the jampacked affair, which focused on the release of financial aid to […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan voted “no” to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections, saying the polls are a critical part of the country’s democratic process and that delaying them is a disservice to the youth and local communities they hope to serve. “Hindi lumalakas ang demokrasya kapag dine-delay o pinopostpone. Lumalakas ito kapag mas […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2387, which seeks to fix the term of office of barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) to five years. The measure was approved during the chamber’s plenary session with 13 affirmative votes, 5 negative votes, and no abstention. Senate Bill No. […]
Camarines Sur (CamSur) Reps. Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte are asking agriculture and transport authorities to look into possibly expanding the scope and duration of a novel month-long government initiative on the toll-free transport of farm produce, as a way to stabilize for a longer period both the supply and retail cost of rice and […]
A double whammy of budget cuts and travel tax abolition could spell doom for higher education sector. This was Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos’ warning as she appealed for a higher budget for the higher education sector, after the Commission on Higher Education asked Congress to grant the P70 billion it initially requested for […]
A vice chairperson of the House committee on indigenous cultural communities and indigenous peoples urged more schools to become active partners in preserving indigenous knowledge in the country. “I would like to laud the efforts of my own kailian in Abra to preserve our weaving tradition by integrating it into the senior high school curriculum. […]
Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III said the Marcos administration and Congress are putting education at the center of government investments, with the proposed 2027 national budget providing the sector its biggest allocation to give Filipino children a fair opportunity to finish school and build a better future. Speaking before students, scholars, local officials, and sectoral […]
Since Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (OMMC) opened its Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, the city has been able to offer seven free angioplasty procedures and 56 free angiograms in just one year, with qualified patients paying nothing, Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso said.Domagoso congratulated OMMC as its Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory marked its first anniversary. […]