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Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Chairman Junie E. Cua hailed the Philippine contingent to the 2023 Asian Games for their “heroic campaign,” which yielded the country’s strongest showing in nearly three decades. “Congratulations to our athletes for their heroic campaign. Our country owes its gratitude to you for your proud efforts to carry our flag,” Cua […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes wants the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) to be liable for failing to protect the personal information of its members. He likewise scored Philhealth officials for blaming government procurement rules for its failure to update its antivirus systems. According to PhilHealth, it has yet to determine the number of […]
Government should not make life more difficult for struggling public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators who want to participate in the government’s PUV modernization program. This was the main point made by AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee as he urged the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), the Development Bank of the Philippines […]
Five teams represented both campuses of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) at the recent 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering Operations and Management (IEOM) and prevailed in their respective competitions. Leading the list of podium finishers this year is the group who designed a technology-enabled service, where students may lease essential devices […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes is urging the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to use what remains of their questionable P340 million advertising budget for 2023 to help Filipinos suffering from psoriasis. “Instead of using its budget on advertisements, we are urging PCSO to focus on charity and help people with medical needs such […]
The chairman of the House committee on labor and employment lauded the approval on third and final reading of a bill that allows individuals to use their acquired occupational knowledge, experience, and achievements as credits for their tertiary education units. “The institutionalization of the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) through House Bill No. […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list led facemask drives in several communities in Batangas affected by volcanic smog (vog). According to AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes, they had face mask donation operations in the towns of Nasugbu, Tuy, and Balayan. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, vog from Taal volcano had already cleared thanks to […]
Consumers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will not have to bear the additional burden of increased catastrophe insurance costs after AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee blasted the Insurance Commission (IC) for issuing IC Circular Letter No. 2022-34 dated July 14, 2022, which would have imposed as much as 400% increase in minimum […]
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles led the 2023 oath taking of 14 newly conferred and upgraded career scientists on 13 September 2023, at the Prime Hotel in Quezon City. Together with Chairperson Nograles during the ceremony were Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary and Scientific Career Council (SCC) Chair Dr. Renato U. […]
A week into this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month, CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is asking the Congress to put on the front burner twin measures bumping up the pay and making permanent the teaching supplies’ allowance of some 800,000 public school teachers. Villafuerte made this appeal in support of President Marcos’ renewed commitment to deliver on his 2023 […]