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Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo wants the Department of Health (DOH) to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to upgrade the bed capacities of public residential drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers (DATRCs), amid reports that a number of them are often getting overcrowded and have to put on a waitlist individuals seeking admission. “We […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino governor Dax Cua lauded a government program that aims to help the poorest municipalities in the country have access to clean and stable water supply. “We in ULAP have always emphasized the need to address people’s basic right to water, in line with our […]
Keep an open mind and find alternative treatments for cancer. This was the call made by Senator Robin Padilla to doctors, especially for poor cancer patients who cannot afford the high costs of treatment. “Sana po magkaroon tayo ng mga alternative na paggamot sa treatment sa mga cancer patients, pain management, dahil sa ngayon talaga, […]
Senator Grace Poe appealed to employers to provide allowances and benefits to their workers to help them cope with the rising prices of commodities and fuel products. Poe said the assistance will help the country’s wage earners get by as the Senate approved on third and final reading the P100 wage hike bill. “I urge […]
Senator Mark Villar delivered his sponsorship speech on the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or AFASA before the Senate floor. Villar’s sponsorship was overwhelmingly supported by the Senate as the Senate President Migz Zubiri, Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, and Senators Win Gatchalian, Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada have also delivered their co-sponsorship speeches, supporting the AFASA bill. […]
Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr., on his second term in office, reaped multiple awards and recognitions from various government agencies in the country for his excellent leadership and administration. His recent notable accolade, the Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award (MOKA) in Government Service, Lazatin was recognized for his “exemplary achievements and contributions to the […]
The House Committee on Public Works and Highways chaired by Surigao del Sur Representative Romeo Momo created a technical working group (TWG) tasked to craft a substitute bill to six measures seeking to ensure that all cities and municipalities in the country have recreational spaces.The panel named Pangasinan Representative Christopher De Venecia as head of […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Department of Agriculture to provide additional support for local farmers, such as onion producers, to increase their income and lower the price of goods, so that consumers won’t prefer cheaper illegally sourced products online. Lee was reacting to the proliferation of smuggled onions being sold online, some […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list is pushing for a measure to boost the capital markets and raise the investment competitiveness in the country. AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes on Tuesday defended a bill which seeks to reduce taxes for stock transactions and create equality in the tax treatment of debt and stock securities. According to the lawmaker, […]
Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan has proposed a simple, yet crucial step in ensuring preparedness and prompt action during emergencies: Disseminating information in easy-to-understand formats, and translating their contents to Filipino and regional languages appropriate to the affected communities. Yamsuan has filed House Bill (HB) 9947 to make this a requirement for all national and […]