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Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles announced that a legal aid group he is heading had inked an agreement with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to conduct a national training program for its paralegal personnel to aid efforts to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons, which now have a congestion rate of almost […]
The Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list is calling on teachers to help in convincing parents to have their children inoculated against COVID-19. “Nananawagan tayo sa ating mga guro na tumulong sa pagkumbinsi sa mga magulang ng estudyante natin na pabakunahan ang anak nila. Teachers hold a position of authority and trust which […]
The House of Representatives approved on final reading a measure creating the Siargao Islands Development Authority (SIDA) to promote the sustainable development of the island. With 224 affirmative votes, the chamber passed on third reading House Bill 10683 creating a government-owned corporation to be known as SIDA, which shall exercise jurisdiction over the entirety of […]
A local government-run diagnostic center, equipped with more than P20 million worth of fully-automated laboratory machines, is now open and free for residents in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija. Rural health practitioner Dr. Augusto Pangilinan said the center will have medical technologists to serve at least 100 patients a day. “Tayo pa lang po ‘yung LGU […]
Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the passing on third reading of Senate Bill No. 2421, a measure that he authored and co-sponsored, which extends the granting of COVID-19 benefits to both public and private healthcare workers. Gordon, the vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that he hopes that the continued awarding of monetary benefits […]
The Senate of the Philippines recently approved a record 166 bills on third reading, the most bills approved in a single day in recent Senate history, if not this past decade. “I thank our presiding officer, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, for his guidance and leadership, allowing us to become incredibly productive,” said Senate Majority […]
Health care workers are now assured of receiving their COVID-19 benefits and allowances as long as the state of national public health emergency declared by the President is in place, Senator Sonny Angara said. As the sponsor and co-author of Senate Bill 2421 that was approved on third and final reading, Angara said there should […]
With only two session days left before it adjourns for the election period, the House of Representatives wasted no time to approve on third and final reading a flurry of important bills, including the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers and mandatory continuing benefits to all medical workers during public health emergencies.The House is […]
Some people’s organizations from the towns of Bugallon, Aguilar, and Mangatarem have partnered with Skin Station and Chemworld Fragrance Factory in the Philippines to produce “ylang-ylang” essential oil that could be used to make perfumes, soaps, and other beauty products. Pangasinan League of Municipalities president Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said an extraction facility was already […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading seven bills that seek to rename roads and bridges in the province of Cebu, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Bohol. Approved were House Bill Nos. (HBN) 7669, 8147 and 8221 renaming the Mandaue Causeway as Ouano, the Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan-Maya Road stretching from Bogo City […]