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HOUSE APPROVES TOURIST TASK FORCE – MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

The House committee on tourism has approved a substitute bill seeking to create an inter-governmental task force for the protection and assistance of tourists in the country. The bill substituted House Bill 2963 filed by Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, seeking to establish an inter-governmental task force for international visitor assistance, and HB 1828 by Rep. Alfred […]

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The Health Care System in Indigenous Cultural Communities Must Be Institutionalized – MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

  The House committee on indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) and indigenous peoples (IPs) chaired by Rep. Nancy Catamco (2nd District, North Cotabato) recently approved a substitute bill which seeks to institutionalize the training of IP health workers (IPHWs) to strengthen the health care system in cultural and indigenous communities. The bill is in line with […]