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Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. wants mental health emergency, psychiatric, and neurological services to be included in the PhilHealth Mental Health Benefit Package for Out-Patient. Lazatin filed House Bill No. 2933 or “Expanding The Primary Care Package Under PhilHealth To Include Benefit Package For Mental Health And For Other Purposes”. In the […]
In a bold step to protect vulnerable communities, the Quezon City Government has established the QC SAFE Seal—a first-of-its-kind certification program for hotels, inns, and similar establishments committed to preventing human trafficking and exploitation. Launched during the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the initiative underscores the city’s firm commitment to rights-based, inclusive governance. The […]
Senator Ping Lacson pushed for the all-out help of the private sector in addressing the flooding problem, even as he continues his own probe into failed and ghost flood control projects that have cost taxpayers more than P2 trillion in the last 15 years. Lacson said the offer of San Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan renewed his call for stronger government action to increase the income of farmers, emphasizing that empowering the agricultural sector and its workers is critical to ensuring food security and rural prosperity in the country. In his interpellation of Senator Raffy Tulfo’s privileged speech about possible amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) […]
Senator Bong Go’s Malasakit Team visited and aided flood-hit families in Cebu City. The relief operations were successfully conducted in Barangay Mabolo in coordination with Barangay Captain Atty. Daniel Francis Arguedo and Barangay Cogon Pardo in coordination with Barangay Captain Jay Bacalso. Food packs, shirts, foldable fans, pens, basketballs, and volleyballs were distributed to a […]
It is not easy to capture a double-digit percentage of the party-list votes of an entire province or city. Voters only get to pick one, and only one, among hundreds of party-list groups on the ballot (156 party-list groups to be exact for the last May 12, 2025 midterm elections). Meaning to say, each party-list […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano signed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, mandating full public disclosure of key documents related to the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and urged transparency in both the budget process and government loan transactions. The resolution seeks to strengthen fiscal transparency and reinforce public trust in government spending. This move comes after […]
Senator Bong Go once again reminded Filipinos to be vigilant against scammers who maliciously use his name or the Malasakit Center program to prey on unsuspecting victims, particularly through fake social media accounts and pages. This comes after Go’s office took swift action on a report from a grieving family in Calumpit, Bulacan, who fell […]
No thanks to the poor implementation of the National ID law, many poor and deserving commuters may be denied the chance to avail of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3)’s “Libreng Sakay” this month, Senator Ping Lacson said. Lacson, who co-authored and sponsored what is now RA 11055 or the Act Establishing a Philippine Identification System, […]
Camarines Sur Governor Lray Villafuerte visited Google Philippines to champion digital transformation in his province. “It was a privilege to visit one of the world’s top tech conglomerates and meet its inspiring, results-driven woman country manager,” Villafuerte said. The governor was referring to Jennifer Ligones who was appointed on July 10, 2025. “As Governor of CamSur, […]