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The House of Representatives has approved at the committee level the proposed Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act which provides sets of policies on kidney transplantation, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis, including making these therapies affordable to all seniors and indigents and expands the PhilHealth transplant benefit package. It was Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes who […]
To ensure an adequate supply of safe blood for Bulakenyos through voluntary blood donation, the Provincial Government of Bulacan headed by Governor Daniel Fernando inaugurated the new building that houses the Provincial Blood Center and Provincial Health Office – Public Health located at the Bulacan Medical Center Compound in the City of Malolos. Being one […]
In his sponsorship of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement for approval and concurrence in the Senate recently, Senate President Migz Zubiri assured the agriculture sector that the agreement will not pose a threat to them. “Bilang isang agrikulturista rin, naiintindihan ko po ang mga pangamba ng mga magsasaka. Alam niyo naman po kung […]
Senator Robin Padilla condemned the bad image of the Philippines portrayed by the American film “Plane” saying it is unacceptable. In his manifestation, Padilla called on the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to ban the public showing of the film. “’Di po dapat ito pinapalabas sa Pilipinas.” “Ginoong Pangulo, hindi po dapat […]
In an effort to promote resilience to natural disasters and man-made calamities, Senator Bong Go expressed the need to provide more effective regulation of planning, design, construction, occupancy, and maintenance of all public and private buildings and structures in the country as he pushed for his proposed Philippine Building Act of 2022. In an interview […]
The House Committee on Public Information chaired by Agusan del Norte Representative Jose Aquino II approved the substitute bill requiring broadcast media to air for free public service announcements on important public issues. Aquino hopes that the measure would finally be enacted during the 19th Congress, to educate the public on critical issues, generate awareness […]
The City Government of Davao, through the City Cooperative Development Office (CCDO), held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new “Magnegosyo Ta Day” livelihood training center to be located in Barangay 7-A Bucana, Talomo. The ceremony was attended by CCDO head Luzminda Eblamo, Agripino Torres, Assistant Administrator for Operations Janis Luis Esparcia, Councilor Jessica Bonguyan, Davao […]
The promised benefits of the Public Service Act have yet to be felt one year after its passage, and they will not likely be felt especially if the economic provisions of the Constitution will not be amended, Senator Robin Padilla said. Padilla said that aside from the Public Service Act still lacking implementing rules and […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo filed a Senate Resolution (SR) seeking to review existing policies on the minimum wage increases to improve the standard of living and quality of life of workers, particularly those in the lower income bracket. In filing SR No. 476, Tulfo stressed that while there was a minimum wage increase last year, it […]
Senate President Migz Zubiri denounced the actions of the Chinese Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), after the Philippine Coast Guard revealed that a Chinese Coast Guard vessel aimed a military-grade laser on a PCG vessel near the Ayungin Shoal. “We stand completely behind our Coast Guard and we protest vigorously against the […]