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Senator Grace Poe said financial institutions such as banks and money transfer companies as well as regulators should do more to protect the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The latest Consumer Expectations Survey of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that 96 percent of households that receive remittances spend it on food and […]
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the provision of living facilities for public school teachers, especially those who have to travel long distances to get to their schools. “For years we have heard stories of our teachers who have to travel far and oftentimes through rough terrain and even turbulent waters just to reach the […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Sulu Chapter was awarded a Plaque of Appreciation by the Joint Task Force Sulu, Western Mindanao Command after the humanitarian organization’s unwavering support to generously extend its assistance to the families of the Joint Task Force Sulu troopers and civilians who were casualties in the July 4 C-130 crash in […]
Amid reported cases of the more contagious and transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant in the country, Mayor Joy Belmonte has approved an ordinance that will further boost Quezon City’s contact tracing efforts through the full implementation of its “KyusiPass” contact tracing app. The ordinance also penalizes business establishments not properly using the KyusiPass, following reports that […]
Surigao del Norte 1st District Representative Francisco Jose Matugas II has welcomed the recognition of Siargao Island by Time Magazine. “Thank you Time Magazine for the recognition of the creativeness and resilience of the people of Siargao Island,” Matugas said. Siargao Island was named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 World’s Greatest Places to Explore […]
This is the challenge posed by an education advocacy group to all those planning to run in the 2022 elections, as it stressed the importance of including a “comprehensive education strategy” in their campaign platforms. “From the very top, down to our local governments, kailangan lahat ng kandidato ay hindi lang mangako kundi magpakita ng […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, filed Committee Report No. 274 urging the Philippine Government to support the proposal before the WTO for a waiver of the intellectual property rights over COVID-19 vaccines. Pimentel believes that such a waiver would help ramp up global production of the much-needed […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) celebrated the National CPR Day recently together with the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd), and the Philippine Heart Association, via an online webinar with more than 500 participants. PRC delivered informative videos that include how to make a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) mannequin so training can be done […]
With the pace of their ongoing vaccination drive, Senator Cynthia Villar is upbeat that Las Piñas City can quickly achieve and can even be ahead of the government’s target of herd immunity before the year ends. “We are happy that soon, we would reach the herd immunity in Las Piñas due to our various initiatives […]
A new Rosauro Almario Elementary School will soon rise on Kagitingan Street in Tondo, Manila. The city allocated P1.9 billion for the construction of a 10-story building with 227 classrooms, 12 offices, a library on the second floor, an auditorium and a gymnasium on the 10th floor, two outdoor basketball courts with a retractable goal […]