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In a notable step towards modernizing transportation services, Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez and Grab Philippines have agreed to form a partnership. This collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at the City Mayor’s Office recently. Present during the event were Engr. Loben Rafael Ceballos, Atty. Marty Go, and Grab’s Country […]
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that would institutionalize a mechanism to refund customers in case of outages and disruptions with their internet or telecommunications services.Gaining 278 affirmative votes during plenary session was House Bill (HB) No. 9021, dubbed the “Refund for Internet and Telecommunications Services Outages […]
The chairman of the House committee on labor and employment lauded the approval on third and final reading of a bill that allows individuals to use their acquired occupational knowledge, experience, and achievements as credits for their tertiary education units. “The institutionalization of the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) through House Bill No. […]
In the event that the three-year ban on the deployment of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Republic of Iraq is officially listed, National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has proposed that the Marcos government send only skilled Filipinos to that Middle Eastern country. Ambassador Charlie Pacana Manangan said at a recent hearing by […]
Senator Chiz Escudero is asking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint a full-time and competent alter ego in the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ensure that the challenges facing the agency are addressed with urgency, including the administration’s campaign against rice smuggling and hoarding. “Siguro ang unang hakbang para matutukan talaga ang Department of Agriculture ay […]
Senator Bong Go expressed his full support for the establishment of the National Disease Prevention Management Authority, Medical Reserve Corps, and the Virology Institute of the Philippines. The measures were discussed during the Third Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting. When asked about the progress of these initiatives, Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on […]
Senator Cynthia Villar hopes the use of bamboo as textile will help the local textile industry and spur development in the countryside. Speaking during the “KAWAYARN: A Bamboo Textile Ph Launch” held at the Manila Hotel, Villar urged PhilFida and DOST- Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) to be at the forefront of propagating bamboo due […]
The long wait and halt could be a ”go” this time as Negros Oriental Governor Chaco Sagarbarria, Vice Governor Jake Reyes, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo, Chairman of the Committee on Local Government, Senator JV Ejercito, Siquijor […]
The House of Representatives concluded the period of interpellation on the 2024 budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), amounting to P7.25 billion.Sponsoring the DICT’s proposal, Makati City Representative Luis Campos, Jr. reported that the agency is “on target” in the implementation of the “Free Wi-Fi for All” program, particularly in its […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the immediate distribution of the cash grants for compliant Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries that were put on hold since last year by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) due to their questionable delisting process. During the plenary deliberation of the 2024 proposed budget of […]