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Senator Mark Villar expresses his utmost concern with the recent cases of suicide among the younger population. According to the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd), 404 students died by suicide during the academic year of 2021-2022 while 2,147 students are reported to have attempted to take their lives in the same time […]
Mayor Jerry Treñas led the kick off of the 100-day countdown for Dinagyang Festival 2024 recently at SM City Iloilo. Next year’s Dinagyang, with the theme “Pagdayaw kay Señor Sto. Nino, Padayaw sang mga Ilonggo!”, marks the second face-to-face staging of the city’s world-class festival after the COVID-19 pandemic. In his message, Treñas highlighted the […]
The Bureau of Immigration’s (BI’s) decision to embrace the use of body-worn video cameras for its secondary inspectors has been welcomed by House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan. “The donning of body cameras will provide an accurate recording of events whenever an international traveler comes into contact with an immigration […]
Following the assignment of flagship status to the Food Stamp Program, Manila Third District Representative Joel Chua suggested to the Department of Social Welfare and Development that the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card “should be usable at point-of-sale at supermarkets, groceries, and drugstores with electronic card readers, in addition to the Kadiwa stores and DTI rolling […]
The city government of Bacolod signed a partnership with SM Prime Holdings Inc. to modernize the Manokan Country, the famous row of chicken inasal (grilled chicken) stalls at the reclamation area. The Manokan Country Redevelopment Project involves a multi-billion contract for the lease and development of various city properties The agreement was signed by Mayor […]
As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, Senator Mark Villar joined one of DTI’s regular price monitoring activities. “Sumama tayo sa DTI sa kanilang price at quality monitoring activity para makita kung ang mga produkto ay sumusunod sa Philippine Standards o PS Quality para sa mga locally-made na produkto at […]
The Office of Senator Bong Go, together with United Senior Citizens Partylist Representative Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay, the Office of Senator Robin Padilla, and volunteer organizations, spearheaded an activity for senior citizens during the United Senior Citizens Association-Quezon City (USCAQC) General Assembly held at White Twins Court, Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City. The assembly witnessed a […]
“We need stronger parliament-to-parliament cooperation to go along with the robust people-to-people exchanges between the Philippines and the United Kingdom.” This was the message of Senate President Migz Zubiri as he led a Senate delegation on a parliamentary visit to the UK culminating in meetings with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, […]
After granting financial relief to vulnerable sectors such as the elderly and solo parents, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants the government to accord economic succor, too, to “junior citizens” or Filipinos from the time they are born until they reach the age of 12, in the form of their free coverage under the National […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes said barangay services should not be affected by the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and reminded incumbent barangay officials to continue to perform their official duties even as the campaign period started on October 19. “Paalala lang po sa ating mga incumbent barangay officials na kahit simula na […]