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The city government of Manila will commence the construction of its fifth housing project, the 20-storey Pedro Gil Residences, following the groundbreaking ceremony recently. Located at the corner of A. Francisco and Perlita Streets in San Andres, the project will benefit informal settlers, renters, and government employees. It will have 309 residential units with two […]
The Pinablin 4-H Calasiao Inc., a non-government youth group in Calasiao, Pangasinan, has commended Congress’ passage of a measure aiming for sustainability of food production through financial support to the next generation of farmers in the country. House Bill (HB) 9575 establishes the young farmers and fisherfolk challenge program, council and funding. “This is one […]
Quezon City Councilor Winnie Castelo is urging the City Council to remove the penalties imposed by city Ordinance No. 2965, S-2020 on people caught not wearing face shields amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“We do not oppose the wearing of a face shield, but there should be no P300 to P1,000 fines and/or imprisonment for not wearing […]
An education advocacy group has joined the call to conduct the pilot testing of face-to-face classes especially in low-risk areas in the country. “We hope that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will decide in favor of finally conducting pilot in-person classes in low-risk areas,” Philippine Educators Alliance for Community Empowerment (PEACE) Party-list president Marie Paz T. Abante […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is calling on Congress to fast-track the approval of two legislative measures that aim to provide health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other benefits. Villafuerte said these proposals, which he authored, will prevent a repeat of the current unrest […]
A measure resetting to 2025 the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections initially set in 2022 has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. This came after the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, Committee on Muslim Affairs and Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity jointly approved the draft substitute […]
There was no data breach in Cagayan de Oro City’s contact tracing system, Higala App, after it was hacked, officials and program developers assured. The primary website of the Higala App encountered a defacement attack but hackers altered only the front-end portal, or the graphic user interface, implying that the attack was surface-level, the developer […]
Senator Sonny Angara prodded the Department of Health (DOH) to address the issue of contractualization within its ranks and hasten the regularization of the doctors and nurses working in its hospitals and other facilities. As chairman of the Committee on Finance, Angara confronted the DOH about underspending in the amount of P24 billion, a portion […]
Despite pronouncements that there will be no brownouts during the week of the May 2022 elections, Senator Win Gatchalian wants the Senate to conduct an inquiry on the plans and preparations of the Department of Energy (DOE) and other stakeholders to ensure the uninterrupted electricity supply. “It is crucial that programs are already in place, […]
Senator Joel Villanueva said funds for the two special pay allowances for medical front liners should be “rolled over” in next year’s national budget. Villanueva is however proposing a bigger 2022 allocation for the Special Risk Allowance (SRA) and the COVID-19 Active Hazard Duty Pay (AHDP) so that health workers may receive bigger amounts of […]