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Senator Panfilo M. Lacson took the cudgels for retired career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) as he pushed for an increase in their monthly pension and disability benefits, in exchange for their long years of looking after the welfare of Filipinos and the interests of the Philippines abroad. Lacson, in filing Senate […]
The city government of Alaminos has inaugurated a dialysis clinic that will serve not only the dialysis patients of the locality but also those from the first district of Pangasinan. The City Health Office (CHO) said the dialysis clinic can accommodate 13 patients simultaneously and also charges lower compared to other centers. “Priorities are residents […]
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a bill that would define the tax rates for proprietary schools to allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on taxable income. With 202 affirmative votes, the chamber passed House Bill No. 9913, which seeks to clarify that the preferential tax rate […]
To address the impact of prolonged school closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to give struggling learners access to a free national remedial program, which includes well-systematized tutorial sessions. Under Senate Bill No. 2355, the program will be known as the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning […]
To serve our country-bound balikbayans and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), through the directive of Senator Dick Gordon, mobilized PRC staff and volunteers to set up COVID-19 test booking booth at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 1, 2, and 3. Manila International Airport Authority general manager Eddie Monreal […]
Senator Nancy Binay recommended that free cluster testing for COVID-19 be done in high-density communities and in areas where cases of the coronavirus infection are high. According to Binay, given the government’s poor testing capacity, rationalizing the IATF’s and the DOH’s screening and testing strategies to cover more individuals is necessary in order to abate […]
The city government of Bacolod will soon deploy a second mobile vaccination bus to inoculate more residents against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The latest “VAX-i” bus, offered by the Yanson family-owned Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), was unveiled in rites led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds. “Your city government […]
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading a measure exempting election servers such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from having their honoraria subjected to income and other withholding taxes. With 202 affirmative votes, 0 negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed on third reading House Bill 9652, […]
As rains continue to batter various areas in the country, a group of educators has urged “sustained vigilance” against dengue. “While there has been a steady decline in cases since the dengue epidemic of 2019, we should not relax especially now that our healthcare system is overburdened because of COVID-19,” Philippine Educators Alliance for Community […]
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA), an association of 121 rural electric cooperatives nationwide has expressed its support for former National Electrification Agency (NEA) administrator Edgardo Masongsong after he was removed from his post by President Rodrigo Duterte for alleged corruption. “Reports of President Duterte’s removal of NEA Administrator Edgardo R. Masongsong (ERM) […]