IKOT.PH
Close to P2 million worth of insurance claims were released recently to 33 beneficiaries of the Barangay Insurance Program of the Province of Negros Occidental by Governor Bong Lacson. The recipients of the life insurance checks were the families of 21 former tanods, eight barangay officials and four barangay health workers. Beneficiaries were extended with […]
The Senate showed its full support for the PHIVOLCS Modernization Act (Senate Bill No. 2825), sponsored by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. With 23 affirmative votes, the bill was approved on its Third and Final Reading. In his sponsorship speech in December 2024, Cayetano emphasized the urgent need to modernize the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) successfully concluded its Trade Education and Advocacy (TEA) Campaign for the Marikina footwear industry recently. Held in the “shoe capital” itself, the activity reinforced the DTI’s commitment to empowering local industries and improving the utilization of free trade agreements (FTAs). The campaign focused on equipping stakeholders—including manufacturers, artisans, […]
Senator Robin Padilla pushed for a commendation for the fishermen who recovered a suspected spy drone off Masbate last December. Padilla made a motion during a hearing of the Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones at the Senate. “Nais ko magbigay ng motion sa pagbibigay ng parangal sa ating mangingisda na nagpakita ng […]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III expressed his support for the National Council on Disability Affairs’ (NCDA) push to implement a unified identification system for persons with disabilities (PWDs), a measure aimed at addressing the misuse of PWD IDs. The NCDA’s proposed system seeks to eliminate fraudulent issuance of PWD IDs to unqualified individuals. […]
With self-rated food poverty on the rise, former Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday committed to utilize surveys and data science to design anti-hunger initiatives that would address food poverty and childhood malnutrition in the city. According to Nograles, the former chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger, “by using polling and data […]
National Unity President LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Health (DOH) to look into year end reports that certain drug stores or pharmacies refused to grant discounts to senior citizens who do not have their purchase booklets with them when buying their medicines, in violation of a newly-issued DOH order requiring the elderly to present […]
The Senate has approved a bill seeking to amend Republic Act (RA) No. 11313, otherwise known as the Safe Spaces Act, to address gender-based online sexual harassment arising from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. Senate Bill No. 2897 seeks to expand gender-based harassment to include AI and other emerging technologies […]
Senator Grace Poe called for revved up action to pass the bill to legalize and regulate motorcycles-for-hire as a safe mode of transportation. “The motorcycle-for-hire bill has been through the long and winding road to passage. Our tank is full,” Poe said during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Services, which she previously […]
The Provincial Government of Samar has intensified its peace and order campaign by supporting the Balik-Armas Program of the Samar Police Provincial Office (SPPO). Governor Sharee Ann Tan has given cash assistance of P10,000.00 to civilians who voluntarily surrendered their unlicensed but serviceable or functional firearms at the Tandaya Hall, Provincial Capitol Compound, Catbalogan City. […]