Senator Raffy Tulfo has urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to identify and help wrongfully imprisoned indigent persons in the country who were abused by state authorities to attain freedom and get the right justice. During the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance on the 2025 budget of CHR, Tulfo shared that he […]
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To uplift the disadvantaged, Senator Bong Go personally led the distribution of aid for a thousand indigents in Mati City in Davao Oriental recently. The event at Barangay Dahican Covered Court, held in coordination with Mayor Michelle Rabat, provided much-needed financial assistance to those in need which was made possible through the partnership of Senator […]
The city government of Dagupan is targeting some 50,000 indigents and their dependents, and other vulnerable sectors for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) KonSulta (KONsultasyong SULit at TAma) program. Other vulnerable sectors include senior citizens, members of the lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual; persons with disabilities, and solo parents. Mayor Belen […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 32 seeking to exempt qualified indigent Filipinos from paying professional licensure examination fees. In filing his measure, Lapid said that with the passage of Republic Act 10687 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, the youth now have the chance to acquire a better future […]
Some 600 poor residents in Kidapawan City have so far benefitted from the free birth certificate and late registration program being initiated by the city government. The ongoing project called “Rehistro Mo, Sagot Ko” aims to provide the city’s indigents with birth certificates and avoid future difficulties in birth registrations. Mayor Joseph Evangelista said this […]
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go recently led the opening of a Malasakit Center to extend medical assistance to the underprivileged, at the Southern Provincial Hospital in Maasin City, Southern Leyte Go urged local officials to raise public awareness on the benefits of Malasakit Center, the second facility of its kind in the region […]