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RESTORE P76B FOR COVID-19 FRONTLINERS – SOLON

ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Representative Ray Florence T. Reyes expressed disappointment in the decision of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to slash the Department of Health’s (DOH) 76-billion-peso budget for arrears for health workers and urged fellow lawmakers to reallocation. “It is disappointing that DBM cut the health agency’s budget for arrears payment. Next year […]

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ABANTE NAMED HOUSE HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL CHAIRPERSON

Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante, Jr. on Monday was named Chairperson of the House Committee on Human Rights, and said that he would work with its members to ensure that the HR committee “would pass legislation that would protect, advance, and enhance human rights in the country.” “There is a misconception,” said Abante, “that […]

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LEE: RESTORE LIBRENG SAKAY, LICENSE PLATES BUDGET

AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee called on his colleagues in Congress to grant the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) request for a P12 billion budget to continue the Libreng Sakay program, and P6.6 billion to address the backlog in releasing plate numbers. During the DOTr’s budget briefing, Lee noted that despite the 121.5% increase in their […]

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ANTIQUE OPENS NEW HOSPITAL BUILDING IN SIBALOM

The P104 million new building of the Rep. Ramon Maza, Sr. Memorial District Hospital in a one-hectare lot provided by the Municipality of Sibalom is expected to give residents of Antique province the best medical care they need. The 25-bed capacity building inaugurated on Friday was funded under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program of the […]

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QUEZON CITY-ILOCOS NORTE REVIVE P2C PROGRAM DEAL

The local government units of Ilocos Norte and Quezon City have revived their Producers to Consumers (P2C) program to provide better economic opportunities for micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) and consumers. To formalize the undertaking, a formal signing of a memorandum of agreement between Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc and Mayor Joy Belmonte was held […]

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SENATE PAYS TRIBUTE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II

The Senate adopted a resolution expressing its profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Queen died peacefully at her estate in Scotland on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96. Senate President Migz Zubiri, who introduced and sponsored […]

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SENATE LAUDS PH MUAY THAI TEAM FOR MALAYSIA WIN

The Senate commended Filipino Muay Thai athletes for their impressive performance in the International Federation of Muay Thai Association World Youth Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently. Through the passage of Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 165, senators congratulated Team Bagsik of the Muay Thai Association of the Philippines for bagging eight gold, six silver, and […]

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HOUSE PUSHES FOR STRONGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

The House Committee on Appropriations chaired by AKO BICOL party-list Representative Zaldy Co held a briefing on the P301-billion proposed budget of the Department of Health (DOH), together with its attached agencies and corporations, for the Fiscal Year 2023. At the onset, Co recognized that the DOH would continue to play an indispensable role as […]

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ERC GRILLED ON SLOW TRANSMISSION ASSETS DIVESTMENT

Disturbed by information of life-threatening incidents of service outages in hospitals, ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Representative Ray Florence Reyes questioned officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the quality of power given to various utilities for distribution to health facilities and household connections in a budget hearing last week at the Lower House. This eventually led […]

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PANGASINAN ISLAND GETS 1ST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Children are now brandishing their sweetest smiles, delighted they would no longer cross the sea to attend classes as their parents are equally joyous during the inauguration rites of the very first elementary school on the island of Silaki, a sub-village of Barangay Binabalian in Bolinao, Pangasinan. “Silaki” which means unfortunate in the residents’ tongue, […]