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Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go underscored the need for an effective health care system that would ensure that the Filipino people have access to quality medical services. Go, who served as guest speaker at the Gawad Galing Kalusugan 2018 awarding ceremony held at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium recently, said regardless of […]
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives hailed Catriona Gray for winning the country’s fourth Miss Universe crown during the coronation night in Bangkok, Thailand. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said Gray’s beauty is the embodiment of “Daragang Magayon”, the beautiful maiden in the legend of Mt. Mayon. Salceda described Gray, who wore a fiery red dress, […]
Residents of Las Piñas City gathered to watch the parade of giant colorful “parols” or Christmas lanterns made of recycled materials as part of this year’s celebration of the 13th Las Piñas Parol Festival. Senator Cynthia Villar and representatives from the local government joined spectators as giant lanterns made by local residents were paraded in […]
President Rodrigo Duterte commended former Senator Manny Villar and his wife, incumbent Senator Cynthia Villar, for helping government in the rehabilitation of drug dependents. Duterte made this remark as he led the unveiling of the markers of the new Las Piñas Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) and Mella Hotel at the C-5 Road […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go and local officials led the opening of Bulacan’s first Malasakit Center at the Bulacan Medical Center in the City of Malolos. The Malasakit Center is a program of the Duterte administration that serves as a “one-stop shop” to hasten the delivery of health services and provide […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the National Integrated Cancer Control Act which institutionalizes a national integrated cancer control program by integrating cancer consciousness into schools’ curriculum, strengthening patient and family-centered cancer control programs, increasing public funding for robust prevention of cancer, better screening, and making cancer treatment […]
Twenty two outstanding multi-purpose cooperatives were recognized this year by the Villar SIPAG Foundation for their significant contributions in poverty reduction and economic growth in their communities. The annual Villar SIPAG Awards on Poverty Reduction, an initiative of the Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) Foundation, acknowledges and rewards the good practices […]
With the budget of the Department of Agriculture set to be more than doubled in 2019, House Agriculture Committee Chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. said there is no excuse for the agency to not deliver on their target of improving the agriculture sector’s contribution to development. “The DA budget is set to […]
A bill seeking a 300 percent increase in the monthly old-age pension of Filipino senior war veterans has been transmitted to Malacanang and is now just waiting for the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte. In all likelihood, it will be implemented early next year, providing the more than 6,000 World War II, Korean and Vietnam […]
The Senate has ratified a bicameral conference committee report aimed at improving the tech-voc skills of Filipinos and narrow the unemployment gap in the country. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives approved the harmonized version on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill 1431 and House Bill 8139 which seeks to institute the Philippine […]