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The Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program is set to take shape in Angeles City as Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. will lead the groundbreaking ceremony on February 27, 2025, in Barangay Mining. This milestone event will mark the start of construction for a ten-building socialized housing project, featuring six-storey structures, each containing 245 residential […]
The House Committee on Government Reorganization, chaired by Bukidnon Representative Jonathan Keith Flores, approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to further discuss the varying issues and comments of the resource persons/stakeholders on House Bill (HB) 9608, and to include a related bill HB 10996 which is also referred to the Committee on […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa thanked the people of General Santos City for the warm welcome and overwhelming support for him during his visit over the past weekend. “Nagpapasalamat tayo sa mainit na pagtanggap at patuloy na pagmamahal ng GenSan sa atin. Nakakataba ng puso na sa kabila ng pagtalikod ng iba sa atin ay […]
“Baka maging water world tayo.” This was Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles’ dire warning after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that only seven million of the country’s 15 million hectares of forest lands still have forest cover. Nograles has been advocating for aggressive reforestation efforts to combat the effects of the […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero said the commitment of the Marcos administration to go after dirty money paved the way for the Philippines to be taken off the gray list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF’s decision to finally remove the Philippines from its watchlist was the result of decades long, non-stop […]
In response to the rising number of online scams and financial fraud cases, Senator Mark Villar has filed Senate Bill No. 2924, also known as the Philippine Scam Prevention Center Act, to establish a dedicated government agency for the enforcement and implementation of laws related to online or digital fraud and financial-scamming related complaints. The […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is seeking to institutionalize the grant of a visa for digital nomads– people who travel while working remotely using digital technologies — in an effort to boost the Philippines’ tourism. Villanueva said his past trips to the country’s tourist destinations and recently, in Siargao Island, prompted him to file Senate Bill No. […]
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill establishing a new state-owned college of medicine in Eastern Samar. House Bill No. 11342, authored by Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Representative Nonoy Libanan, mandates the creation of a medical school under the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) in Borongan City. “Once […]
In observance of the National Heart Month and National Cancer Awareness Month, the Department of Health and the Quezon City Government provided free comprehensive health and wellness assessment services for residents of Barangay Loyola Heights through the PuroKalusugan. PuroKalusugan ensures that every resident receives the best healthcare services they deserve. “A healthier city starts with […]
In this quick look at the 2022 party-list election results in the Visayas, the IKOT.PH Strategic Research Team listed all the party-list groups that obtained at least 2% of the votes in each of the provinces and independent cities of Western Visayas (Region VI), Central Visayas (Region VII), Eastern Visayas (Region VIII), and the Negros […]