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Amid the controversy involving the Department of Tourism over an “irresponsible and erroneous” production of a tourism campaign video, Senator Robin Padilla is hopeful that Philippine tourism will recover and prosper. Padilla stressed that the essence of the DOT’s slogan “Love the Philippines” as a message of love from the Philippines and the Filipino people […]
Senator Bong Go, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, commended the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) decision to expand its hemodialysis package from 90 to 156 sessions considering the thousands of Filipinos in need of dialysis treatments. “This is a step in the right direction towards providing better healthcare for all. With the […]
Nearly two years since it launched its ambitious, P2-billion Pasig River cleanup initiative, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that it breached the 1-million metric ton mark of silt and solid waste removed from the historic but polluted waterway, adding it is optimistic the project can be fully completed by August, or right in the middle […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee hailed the New Agrarian Emancipation Act to be signed on Friday by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. as a win for farmer-beneficiaries, who will now be unburdened of their obligations to the government for parcels of land they received under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. Lee on […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to track down almost 130,000 licensed nurses who are believed jobless, underemployed or doing non-nursing jobs and then try hiring enough of them to fill the current gap, in lieu of the proposal by Secretary Teodoro Herbosa to employ board exam flunkers, […]
Senator Sonny Angara said that the controversy involving the “Love the Philippines” campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT) should not diminish the accomplishments made by Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco in promoting the country to the world. Angara commended Frasco for acting swiftly in terminating the DOT’s contract with DDB Philippines to handle the […]
Senate President Migz Zubiri, in the recent Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council meeting, proposed to add nine bills for inclusion in the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA), on top of the 42 bills already listed in the agenda. “It was a productive meeting, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was very participative, with his questions on the […]
Senator Nancy Binay said that people behind the Department of Tourism’s enhanced branding should accept that “Love” campaign is now in a marketing limbo. “We appreciate the actions taken by the DOT against the ad agency. But the big question right now is whether or not to continue with the ‘Love’ campaign,” Binay noted. After […]
Mayor Albee Benitez, together with Doc Eric Saratan as the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) Special Adviser for Health, and the executive healthcare team, held a meeting at the City Mayor’s Office to discuss the proposed renovation of two infirmaries in Barangay Alijis and Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City. The objective of this infirmary […]
The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of 25 newly promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “The CA received their appointment papers from Malacañang on June 27,” Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel, CA assistant minority leader, said. “The batch is composed of a major general […]