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Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso personally inspected the newly delivered medical equipment at the Pres. Corazon Aquino General Hospital (Baseco Hospital), as the City Government continues to strengthen healthcare services for residents of Baseco. The inspection coincided with the hospital’s first anniversary, with Domagoso checking the arrival and preparations for the installation of one […]
Camarines Sur Representatives Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte are appealing to the Senate to act swiftly on the Senate counterpart measure to the House-approved cybersecurity bill, which seeks to establish a separate agency tasked with protecting Filipinos and businesses from online fraud and increasingly advanced threats in cyberspace. The Villafuertes called on senators to advance […]
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano called for a national dialogue that would address both the practical causes of flooding and the recurring corruption that undermines the country’s flood-control efforts. In a Facebook livestream, the Minority Leader stressed that flood-control projects and government reforms alone cannot end the country’s recurring floods. Cayetano said the Philippines […]
Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Erwin Tulfo turned over 200 solar streetlights to benefit the municipalities of Coron and Busuanga in Palawan. The turnover was held at the Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative Inc. (BISELCO) main office and was attended by National Electrification Administration (NEA) Chief Antonio Almeda and Palawan First District Representative Rose Salvame. “It […]
Senator Bong Go warned that the overcrowding of a Manila hospital’s emergency room amid rising leptospirosis cases shows why the government must strengthen healthcare from the grassroots level, especially as continued habagat rains and tropical systems threaten to prolong flooding and health risks in parts of Luzon. The Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital announced […]
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso issued an urgent public warning alerting Manileños to the rapidly deteriorating air quality across the city caused by transboundary haze from ongoing forest and land fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia. In his “Talk to the People” via Facebook, Domagoso said air quality monitoring machines operated by the City Government […]
The House Committee on Metro Manila Development is moving to help ensure that laws expanding the capacity of public hospitals actually translate into more beds, adequate facilities, medical equipment, and health workers—and ultimately better and more accessible care for patients. Committee Chairperson and Caloocan City Representative Dean Asistio said the panel convened concerned government agencies […]
The Senate Minority Bloc led by Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano honored 20 service workers, volunteers, and community frontliners whose daily acts of courage and compassion help keep communities running. The bloc organized the activity titled “Ordinaryong Pilipino sa Ekstraordinaryong Pagkakataon: Mga Kwento ng mga Bagong Bayani sa Makabagong Henerasyon” at the Senate in celebration […]
As planning for the 2027 national budget begins, Senator Kiko Pangilinan called for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prioritize transportation and cold storage facilities in its proposed budget, saying that stronger post-harvest and logistics infrastructure is needed to prevent oversupply from driving down the income of farmers and fisherfolk. Pangilinan reminded the agency that […]
Senator Bong Go joined youth leaders and advocates at the Gawad Bayani Kabataan National Leadership Summit & Awards recently urging young Filipinos to view leadership as a responsibility rooted in service, competence, courage, and compassion. The chairperson of the Senate Committees on Youth and on Sports was also among those recognized during the gathering at […]