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Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for the creation of a specialty hospital for senior citizens to ensure that they receive quality and age-appropriate healthcare. Hontiveros filed the Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) Act or Senate Bill No. 1302 which seeks to upgrade the National Center for Geriatric Health in San Miguel, Manila into a tertiary specialty […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can issue an executive order to set a palay (unhusked rice) floor price for government purchases of rice products done under the Sagip Saka Act, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan, who has been pushing for the full implementation of the Sagip Saka Act — a 2019 law that he authored and […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged the Office of the Ombudsman to proactively conduct lifestyle checks on public officials, emphasizing the role of such checks as a deterrent to corruption. Cayetano raised the proposal during his line of inquiry to candidates vying to become the next Ombudsman in interviews conducted by the Judicial and Bar Council […]
Camarines Sur Rep. Migz Villafuerte is backing President Marcos’ push for broader and stronger infrastructure to digitally empower Filipinos, and said the House committee on information and communications technology (ICT) will support this future-proofing government agenda by pursuing legislation to beef up our defense against artificial intelligence (AI)-generated cyber fraud and other digital scams. Villafuerte said […]
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso announced that the construction of the Manila Cancer Center (MCC), the first local government–run cancer facility in the Philippines, will push through—marking a milestone as the city’s first dedicated center for cancer care.Domagoso made the announcement during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Manila Sacramento Library and Multi-Purpose Building held at […]
As part of the Kadayawan Festival, Davao City proudly welcomed delegations from different countries and sister cities to strengthen friendships and explore new opportunities for trade, investments, culture, and education. The City Government of Davao – led by Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte – met with leaders and representatives from Palau, Japan, the United States, China, […]
Senator Bong Go urged the government to prioritize the establishment of evacuation centers instead of implementing failed or anomalous flood control projects during the Senate hearing of the Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations. “I call on the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) to prioritize this law (referring to Republic Act […]
Raising concern about the doctor deficit in the country–with more than half of all deaths in 2022 happening without seeing a physician–Senator Kiko Pangilinan appealed to newly minted medical doctors to serve the country. In his speech for the 14th Commencement Exercises of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Pangilinan called on new […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero is urging Malacañang to draw up a “negative list” of infrastructure projects that cannot be funded under the 2026 national budget and should be vetoed outright by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. because these would only drain funds meant for essential programs. “Instead of waiting for questionable projects to slip into the […]
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday served Letters of Authority (LOAs) to the country’s top 15 flood control contractors during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, formally launching parallel tax investigations into alleged irregularities in critical government projects. In a post in his official FB Page, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the […]