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Acknowledging how issues on mental health disorders are often misunderstood and neglected in the country, Senator Bong Go, who serves as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, backed the recent call made by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation for additional funding for children’s mental health services. Asked about PhilHealth’s recent call […]
Senator Chiz Escudero called on the government to review its Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program, saying it was “hastily planned, haphazardly implemented and offered no safety nets whatsoever to the drivers and operators”. Escudero made the call, in support of the resolution filed by Senator Grace Poe urging the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory […]
On the motion of Antipolo City Representative Romeo Acop, the House Committee on Health chaired by Batanes Representative Criaco Gato, Jr. moved to ask the House leadership for deliberations on House Bills (HBs) 1282 and 6123 be jointly undertaken by the Committee on Health and the Committee on Agriculture and Food. Both bills have implications […]
The Quezon City government has established an online system for the payment of the Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR), making it easier for traffic and ordinance violators to settle their fines, according to Mayor Joy Belmonte. “Mas madali at mabilis nang magbayad ng multa ngayon sa tulong ng ating online payment system na makikita sa official […]
In an effort to promote food security in the country, Senator Bong Go backed proposals to convert idle government lands into agricultural areas to boost food production. In an interview after aiding fire victims in Mandaluyong City, Go responded positively about plans of the Bureau of Corrections to use regional prisons and penal farms as […]
Senator Robin Padilla supports abolishing the party-list system if the time comes to amend the Charter’s political provisions through a constitutional convention. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, also vowed to strengthen the party system to end the cycle of people voting for candidates on the basis of […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has sought the passage of Senate Bill 1360 which aims to expand the coverage of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) by amending Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, in a bid to include private higher learning and technical-vocational institutions. Escudero, who chairs the Senate Committee on […]
The House Committee on Population and Family Relations chaired by Isabela Representative Ian Paul Dy approved in principle House Bills 78, 1021, 1593, 2593, 3843, 3885, 4957 and 4998, which seek to reinstitute divorce as an alternative mode for dissolving marriages and strengthen the civil effects of church annulment. Negros Occidental Representative Juliet Marie de […]
In line with the Paleng-QR PH Program, the City of Bacolod will now adopt QR PH Digital Payments to all business establishments and local transportation. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released a Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1 Series of 2022 on the Paleng-QR, which […]
It is high time to update and give the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and other state agencies the needed teeth to protect youths from immoral and illegal content especially during this era of streaming media and online gaming. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this at the start of the hearing of the […]