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The Senate remains unwavering in its commitment to increasing the wages for all daily wage workers nationwide through a legislated wage hike. Senate President Migz Zubiri said he is confident that with the release of the most recent Pulse Asia nationwide survey a few days ago where there is an overwhelming clamor for wage increases, […]
Senator Bong Go showed his support for patients and frontliners during his monitoring visit to the Malasakit Center at Cebu Provincial Hospital in Carcar City, Cebu recently. During the activity, Go and his team distributed grocery packs, masks, vitamins, shirts, and snacks to 170 patients and 243 frontliners. They also gave away mobile phones, shoes, […]
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Ray T. Reyes is calling for more specialized centers in provinces after a recent study showed that the Philippines has one of the lowest screening rates of breast and cervical cancer. “Marami sa ating mga kababayan sa probinsya ang walang access sa specialized medical services sa mga sakit na gaya ng cancer,” […]
The Quezon City Government is set to produce interactive storybooks for the youth and children with disabilities through the Inclusive Climate Action Cities Fund (ICA Fund) administered by the C40 Cities. Through the ICA Fund, the city will develop a series of “QC Local Climate Action Plan For Kids” books that will discuss the solutions […]
A total of 2,470,798 foreign travelers visited the Philippines in the first six months of 2023, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, said. “The number of foreign tourists that arrived in the Philippines between January to June 2023 already exceeded the 2,025,413 that entered the country in the […]
In observance of National Disaster Resilience Month this July, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda underscored support for programs dedicated to attaining disaster resilience. Legarda, a United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Global Champion for Resilience, said there must be proactive ways to help the country withstand the effects of calamities battering the country annually. […]
Senator Pia Cayetano brought a bit of good news to the public: The exemption of several life-saving medicines and maintenance drugs from the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises, or CREATE Law (Republic Act No. 11534). Cayetano shared the positive development with local government executives and members […]
Senator Bong Go expressed his enthusiastic support for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) new Communication and Command Center (CCC) in Pasig City. As vice chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, Go has played a significant role in initiating the P300 million funding for the first phase of the state-of-the-art facility. In a video […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the renewed commitment of President Ferdinand Marcos to modernize the country’s public transport system, as the congressman supported a government plan to bring back the suspended, foreign-funded flagship project on an over 600-kilometer (km) railway that will connect Metro Manila to Bicol and cut travel time between the […]
With the country’s farmers facing the threats of the El Niño phenomenon, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Monday urged the government to maximize state educational institutions like the University of the Philippines (UP) to produce crops that can survive extreme weather conditions that lead to extended droughts and damaging floods. “We should all […]