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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 […]
A total 20,948 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates from the Philippines took their first U.S. licensure test from January to September this year, in hopes of obtaining gainful employment in the United States, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo said on Sunday. “The number of Philippine-educated nurses seeking to practice their profession in America […]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to adopt a similar policy requiring airlines to issue automatic cash refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights, similar to a recent policy implemented by the United States. In a new policy that took effect on Monday, the U.S. Department of […]
The Enterprise-Based Education and Training Framework (EBET) Act that will institutionalize and strengthen apprenticeship programs in the country will pave the way for the development of more Filipinos into highly-skilled and globally-competitive workers. Senate President Chiz Escudero said the (EBET) Act, signed into law on November 7, is a key step toward “bridging the gap […]
The biggest city in the country needs 100% telco service in order for the city government to reach 100% of its constituents––especially when natural calamities hit Davao City. This according to former Civil Service Commission Chair Karlo Nograles, who on Thursday said that improving telecommunications coverage in Davao City would be one of the steps […]
The results of a recent survey showing that local government units are the most trusted sector in the country should remind leaders of “their enormous responsibility to the people they have sworn to serve,” Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua said on Thursday. This, after the 2024 Philippine […]