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MARCOLETA LEADS TECHNO-DEMO FARM LAUNCH IN TARLAC

Senator Rodante Marcoleta recently led the launch of an 8,000-square-meter technology demonstration (techno-demo) farm in Paniqui town, Tarlac, with the objective of producing high yielding vegetable crops for farmers in the area.  Believing that modern farming is a key to achieving food security, Marcoleta graced the memorandum signing for the project – together with farmers’ […]

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PHILHEALTH TOLD: USE RETURNED P60B FOR HEALTH CARE

Senator Bong Go renewed his call for all Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) funds to be optimized and used strictly for health services after the state insurer confirmed that the P60 billion “excess funds” transferred to the National Treasury in 2024 has been returned. “Ang pondo ng PhilHealth ay para sa kalusugan ng Pilipino. Dapat […]

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PANGILINAN VISITS KALAYAAN ISLAND GROUP

Government officials, civil society organizations, academic institutions, media representatives, and members of the private sector must visit the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the West Philippine Sea to strengthen national awareness and solidarity amid continued aggression and harassment by China in Philippine waters, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said.  Pangilinan visited Pagasa Island recently to address the […]

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SPEAKER DY JOINS ARB SUMMIT IN ILAGAN CITY

At the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Region II 2026 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ (ARB) Summit, House Speaker Bojie Dy reiterated the partnership between the House of Representatives and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in continuing to support Filipino farmers, stressing the importance of sustained government coordination in improving agricultural productivity and strengthening the livelihoods […]

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MAYOR ISKO PUSHES FOR VERTICAL HOUSING IN MANILA

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso pitched his city government’s in-city vertical housing program before hundreds of real estate practitioners gathered for the National Real Estate Association’s 30th NREA-DHSUD National Convention, saying thousands of families had already benefited—and vowing to keep building. Domagoso traced the roots of the program to his own experience growing […]

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VILLAR BACKS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO COLLEGE EDUCATION

Senator Mark Villar voted in favor of and moved to co-author Senate Bill No. 1894, or the proposed Act Enhancing the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, emphasizing the urgent need to strengthen financial support mechanisms for Filipino students pursuing higher education. According to Villar, while the Free Tertiary Education Law has significantly expanded […]

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RAFFY TULFO RAISES ALARM ON PINOYS WITH CKD

Senator Raffy Tulfo raised alarm over the rising number of Filipinos suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), describing the illness as a “silent killer” that requires urgent government intervention. In his privilege speech delivered at the Senate recently, Tulfo stressed that CKD has become a major public health concern in the Philippines, with an estimated […]

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BONG GO TO DOH: WORK WITH LGUS ON HEALTH CENTERS

Amid reports that many health facilities remain either incomplete or inoperational due to lack of coordination between the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units (LGUs), Senator Bong Go urged stakeholders to iron out differences for the sake of the poor and those living in remote locations. Go made the appeal during a public […]

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VILLAFUERTES BACK SUSTAINED DRIVE VS FAKE NEWS

Camarines Sur Representatives (CamSur) Migz Villafuerte and Luigi Villafuerte have welcomed sustained action taken by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) to check the proliferation of fake news, as they lauded the PCO’s joint efforts with the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on checking disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes. The two […]

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2,600 BULACAN SCHOLARS GET FINANCIAL AID

A total of 2,646 Bulakenyo high school and college students from across the province received scholarship grants during the Provincial Government of Bulacan’s “Tulong Pang-Edukasyon para sa Bulakenyo” General Assembly in partnership with the Landbank of the Philippines at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium in the City of Malolos. Tertiary students from private institutions received P3,500, […]