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PCSO GIVES P157M IN MEDICAL AID FOR JANUARY 2023

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has helped 21,954 Filipinos cope with mounting medical bills by providing more than P157 million in medical assistance for the month of January 2023. The PCSO released P157,365,606.75 through its Medical Assistance Program, which covers requests for fund augmentation for confinement, dialysis injection, cancer treatment, hemodialysis, laboratory, diagnostic, and […]

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Politics

ILOILO CITY OPENS 2ND ICARE CENTER – TREÑAS

The local government of Iloilo announced that the second Iloilo City Action and Response (ICARE) center in Barangay Balantang in Jaro District is ready to serve surrounding communities after its inauguration on February 4. “This is very strategic in the sense that it will cover barangays which are in Jaro and will be able to […]

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RED CROSS AIDED OVER 1,000 DEVOTEES DURING TRASLACION – GORDON

At least 1,090 Black Nazarene devotees were given medical assistance and were treated by Philippine Red Cross (PRC) medical staff and volunteers, and first aid stations around the Quiapo district during the annual Traslacion held recently. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairperson and CEO, said an estimated 2 million devotees joined the Traslacion and liturgy prayer […]

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MMDA PERSONNEL WERE ON DUTY UNTIL END OF TRASLACION 2020 – LIM

The recent Traslacion 2020 did not just draw devotees of the Black Nazarene to join the annual procession, it also showed just how dedicated are the personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are. About 1,000 MMDA personnel remained on duty on their respective areas of assignment as the procession of the image of […]

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Politics

NO PARTISAN, POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MALASAKIT CENTER – GO

There are no “partisan or political considerations” in the establishment of Malasakit Centers, as these provide medical assistance to poor Filipinos, Senator Bong Go said. Go made the statement following the call of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to investigate the operations of the Malasakit Center as it is […]

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I AM READY TO PROBE PCSO, PHILHEALTH ANOMALIES – GO

Senator Bong Go said he is ready to conduct Senate investigations into alleged anomalies in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Go said the interest of the Filipino people should be put above everything else and those who committed corruption should be held accountable. “The interest of the […]