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Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said barangay development projects will prevent the people from joining the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Speaking during the blessing and inauguration of the “Harong Paglaom” (House of Hope), a halfway home built for former NPA rebels in Juban town, Sorsogon, Escudero said, “Whole-of-Nation approach means not everything […]
Quezon City employees who reported for work during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will soon receive their hazard pay. The local government has allocated P250 million for the payment of hazard pay to eligible employees who helped in the delivery of services and programs to residents during the covered […]
After President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the establishment of the Davao Occidental General Hospital recently, a solon said it would start operations early next year. Davao Occidental Representative Lorna Bautista-Bandigan, the author of the bill, said they are hoping for its full operation by January. “If we can arrange everything, the budget and the staffing […]
As early as now, the country’s education stakeholders should convene and craft a program to help students catch up on lost learning opportunities once face-to-face classes resume. “I hope that the government starts the conversation soon. We educators are very much willing to partner with them so that our children can make up for lost […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11564, creating the Bacolod City General Hospital and appropriating funds for its establishment. “Finally, our dream of having our own hospital in Bacolod City will soon be realized,” said Lone District Representative Greg Gasataya, who authored the bill in the House of Representatives. RA 11564 […]
Digos City Mayor Josef Cagas instructed the City Information Office to conduct a house-to-house information dissemination campaign on vaccination. Cagas said the house-to-house drive is necessary, given the low turnout of vaccinees. “They need to do the house-to-house campaign to further entice people on the goodness of vaccines to one’s health,” he said. As the […]
Senator Cynthia Villar and daughter Las Piñas Representative Camille Villar served as among the hosts in the nationwide vaccination of Filipino seafarers who were hardest hit by the pandemic. The inoculation of around 1,086 seafarers was conducted at the family-owned The Tent South Global City in Las Piñas. Through the Office of Sen. Villar, The […]
Senator Grace Poe called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to immediately settle unpaid claims of hundreds of hospitals, saying failure to do so would put in jeopardy their pandemic response. “PhilHealth should pay up. Hospitals are battlegrounds in this fight against COVID-19. They need what’s due to them, especially in this time when […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on all concerned agencies to be more vigilant on the emergence of new mobile and online shopping scams and intensify the campaign against deceptive and sham transactions. Gatchalian made the call to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), […]
Aware of the expensive hospital care a severe COVID-19 case can cost a patient, Quezon City Councilor Karl Castelo is appealing to Novaliches residents to apply for PhilHealth membership and get insurance protection. Castelo said the protection offered by the state health insurer ‘is definite and has saved many Filipinos from financial distress amid the […]