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Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, returning from an official trip to France to meet with members of the French Parliament, said that the reputation and livelihoods of Filipino seafarers are at stake should the Philippines fail to comply with European qualifications of maritime education, training, and certification. For this reason, Villanueva is seeking a swift […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has invited Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their family to join the 11th OFW & Family Summit 2022 on November 18, 2022. The summit, with the theme, “BAGONG SIMULA SA SARILING BANSA,” will be held at The Tent, Vista Global South, C5 Extension Road, Las Piñas City. The summit will delve on […]
In its bid to strengthen, promote, and develop the city’s startup business ecosystem, the Quezon City Government launched a program to provide financial grants of up to P1M to qualified startup entrepreneurs. The Startup QC Program is aligned with Mayor Joy Belmonte’s 14-point agenda which aims to make Quezon City the preferred destination for businesses, […]
The Lanao del Sur provincial government is continuously sending relief aid to its flooded municipalities, including those in the neighboring province of Maguindanao del Norte. Governor Mamintal Alonto-Adiong Jr. said he ordered the delivery of the second batch of provisions to the affected families with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) as the […]
With tourism recovery among the government’s top priorities, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants to find out from the Department of Tourism (DOT) how much of the over P34-billion bailout package for businesses under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Republic Act 11519 or Bayanihan 2 law) was actually used by small and medium-sized […]
Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte has underscored the urgency of instituting a national policy that would ensure the efficient and sustainable use of the country’s land and physical resources as a means to provide long-term safeguards to communities vulnerable to climate change. Duterte said the recent destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Paeng in […]
Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has expressed optimism that more of his constituents would be hired as seasonal workers in its sister city, Yeongdong-gun in South Korea, after signing of the latest memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the two cities. The MOA, which was signed by Remollo and Yeongdong-gun Mayor Jeong Yeong-Chul at the […]
The local government unit of Sagada in the Mountain Province has expressed confidence that its tourism industry will flourish anew. Mayor Felicito Dula, on the sidelines of the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, said every weekend for about four weeks, tourist arrivals are on the rise. “We have recorded a total of 39,866 tourists who arrived […]
The Office of Speaker Martin Romualdez has secured some P49.2 million in terms of cash pledges in its continuing relief drive for the benefit of the families affected by Tropical Storm Paeng. This was announced by Romualdez even as the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, home of the House of Representatives, was transformed into […]
Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. is batting for the passage of new legislation that would criminalize the detention of dead bodies by morgues and funeral parlors on grounds of nonpayment of mortuary services. As proposed by Campos in House Bill No. 1292, any employee or officer of a morgue or funeral home who withholds […]