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Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee slammed the Department of Health (DOH) for being unable to provide a detailed and comprehensive plan to lower out-of-pocket expenses of Filipinos on healthcare which Secretary Ted Herbosa committed to submit by October 31, 2024 during the House deliberations of the 2025 National Budget. The said plan must include a comprehensive […]
Now that the Philippines has ratified Labor Inspection Convention No. 81 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), House labor and employment committee chair Fidel Nograles urged the government to work on its capability to ensure safer working conditions and rights protection for Filipinos. “We must work so that the Labor Inspection Convention No. 81 is […]
Camiguin Island, Northern Mindanao – The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urge the public and private sectors to engage in the Fourth Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) today at 2 PM. This year, the drill will have a special focus on simulation exercises addressing not only earthquakes […]
Senate Minority Floor Leader Koko Pimentel III has called on the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to strengthen its capabilities in combating large-scale money laundering operations in the country. During a plenary debate yesterday in the Senate regarding the proposed national budget for 2025, Pimentel criticized the AMLC for focusing on smaller cases while larger transactions […]
Former Civil Service Commission chair Karlo Nograles on Thursday underscored the need for every resident of the country’s largest city to see, hear, and feel the presence of its local government. “Every Davaoeño, not just those living in the center but more importantly those who are farther away, should see, hear, and feel the presence […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo asked the Department of Health (DOH) during the deliberations of the Senate Committee on Finance for the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) what happened to the Bureau of Dental Health Services, which is responsible for promoting and protecting the dental health of every Filipino. “Bagama’t may mga polisiya […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is urging the Senate to restore the P10 billion cut introduced by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget for the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program for next year. Dela Rosa made this appeal at the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget […]
Senator Robin Padilla filed a bill creating a special province in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), to ensure the constitutional right of suffrage for residents there. Padilla filed Senate Bill 2875 creating the special geographic area to be known as Kutawato province, which will cover 63 “orphaned” barangays that opted in to […]
A controversial dole-out program called “AKAP” or Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program receiving a higher budget than the Department of Foreign Affairs in the proposed 2025 national budget bothers Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III, who said it should not be allowed. Pimentel questioned why AKAP would receive a higher budget than DFA. “A […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero expects the creation of new jobs domestically with the influx of new investors into the country now that a more predictable and consistent tax incentives regime will be in place under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy (CREATE MORE) Act. President Ferdinand […]