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Senator Bong Go continues to push for feeding programs in hospitals equipped with Malasakit Centers across the country. Go emphasizes how these feeding initiatives serve not only to nourish the body but, more importantly, to alleviate the burdens faced by patients and their watchers during some of the most challenging times in their lives. The […]
The “blue” must stay blue, stressed Senate committee on environment and natural resources chairperson Senator Cynthia Villar. During the celebration of the International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) 2024 at the Las Piñas – Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP) recently, Villar related the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had chosen the theme “Clean Seas for a […]
Bacolod City is named by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry as one of the Top 5 finalists in the City Level 1B category for the Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit Awards. “This recognition reflects our commitment to building a business-friendly city and driving growth in Bacolod,” Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said. The cities in […]
The Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) held in Cavite showed an impressive turnout of lawmakers and public officials, giving their strong support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s initiative to bring public services closer to the people. Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his deep gratitude to 200 members of the House of Representatives for attending the Cavite […]
Nineteen female graduates earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship under the Quezon City government’s “No Woman Left Behind” program for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). The graduation ceremony, held at Camp Karingal, was attended by Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Justice Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez, Gender and Development Council Secretary Janete Oviedo, QC Jail […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo and East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) chief Dr. Alfonso Nuñez III led the inauguration of the Rillo-Romualdez Ambulatory Care Center, which provides comprehensive free health services to the public. The newly opened center, located in the MC Rillo Building in Barangay Mariana, Quezon City, offers free clinical consultations, endoscopy, ultrasound, and […]
The Department of Agriculture has ordered a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from France after the European country reported in early August the outbreak of avian influenza. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. issued Memorandum Order 40 imposing the import ban which also covers shipments of live poultry, poultry products, […]
Senator Loren Legarda lauded the signing into law of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which she called a huge win for foreign and domestic workers. The new law aims to secure seafarers’ rights to decent, just, and humane conditions aboard sea-going vessels, as well as filling the deficiencies in laws that have threatened overseas […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero reported a “big haul of bills” passed by the chamber and vowed to erase any backlog of measures under his watch, as he marked his first 100 days in office on September 26, 2024. “It’s a scoreboard we can be truly proud of,” Escudero said, citing the 137 pieces of legislation […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa took a swipe at Abang Lingkod Party-list Representative Stephen Paduano for insisting his attendance in a supposed courtesy call of police officers with former President Rodrigo Duterte which is being linked to the death of three Chinese drug lords inside the Davao Penal Farm and Prison in August 2016. The […]