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Senator Nancy Binay lauded Cebu Pacific after the airline announced that it will be removing the expiration date of its travel fund and extending its travel voucher validity to 18 months starting August 1. “We thank Cebu Pacific for heeding the call of airline passengers. Isa sa mga napag-usapan natin noong nakaraang Senate hearing ay […]
Sorsogon Governor Boboy Hamor expressed his delight as he welcomed the forthcoming operation of the Youngstown Sardines fish storage plant in Barangay San Isidro, Bulan. During a meeting with Loraine Ngo, the representative of Youngstown, Hamor extended his gratitude for their investment, recognizing the positive impact it would have on the province’s employment rate and […]
Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. remains true to his mission to promote the welfare and health of all Angeleño kids by strengthening existing programs that aim to prioritize them. Lazatin, together with members of the City Nutrition Office, recently led the house-to-house distribution of Vitamin A supplements to 20 kids from Barangay Sta. […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said the House of Representatives will fast-track the passage of one of the key priority measures of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. meant to tighten the noose against smugglers of onion and other agricultural products.“As soon as the start of the 2nd Regular Session of the 19th Congress, we will immediately buckle down […]
As the rainy season continues, Mayor Joy Belmonte called on residents to observe preventive measures to combat rising dengue and leptospirosis cases in Quezon City. The Quezon City Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Unit (QCESU) reported 1,160 cases of dengue from January 1 to June 24, 2023, with Barangay Tatalon recording the highest number of cases […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo visited the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga recently after receiving complaints about the hospital’s poor service and handling of patients. Tulfo, who was accompanied by Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) USec. Hans Cacdac and Hospital Administrator Dr. Dante Dator, was dismayed to see the hospital’s condition. The […]
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 […]