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Senator Bong Go during a Senate health committee hearing, has vowed to stop the illegal practice of detaining or refusing discharge of patients from confinement for their inability to settle their hospital bills. The public hearing took up Senate Bill (SB) No. 166 filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros which increases the penalties against institutions continuing […]
Power distribution services in several parts of Mindanao affected by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on Wednesday evening have been restored, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reported. Based on the monitoring report of the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of 8 a.m. Thursday, all electric cooperatives (ECs) that experienced power interruptions […]
The decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to push through with the ceremonial decommissioning of guns and combatants in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao—just hours after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in front of a public market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, injuring seven—”reflects the government’s commitment to end decades of conflict in Mindanao in order to bring […]
“Our poverty reduction efforts are anchored on our ability to invigorate our economy, and the fate of our efforts to boost economic development rest in large part with the success of our peace-building initiatives.” This according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday stressed that the Duterte administration recognizes the importance of establishing peace […]
Various institutional mechanisms for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are on track, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. “Things are on track and proceeding as planned.” According to Nograles, “things are on track and proceeding as planned” in establishing BARMM offices for youth, women, settler communities, disaster risk reduction management, planning and development, […]
The country took a step close to establishing a stable, lasting peace in Mindanao with the government fast-tracking normalization efforts beginning with the decommissioning of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops representing close to a third of the MILF combatants. This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday co-chaired the first […]
Although his senatorial bid was initially “unplanned,” Maguindanao Rep. Dong Mangudadatu said it only came to be formed after President Rodrigo Duterte prodded him to run. Mangudadatu cited the importance of the President’s endorsement in his decision to run for senator. The legislator recalled that in April last year, the President told him repeatedly that […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government must continue providing tax incentives to companies in special economic zones (SEZs) if it wants to attract and retain large-scale investments that will create more job opportunities for the host population. “Aside from the quality of workforce in the country, local and foreign investors establish their businesses in our […]
Evacuees in Mindanao or “bakwits” who have been displaced due to conflict also face a water crisis which government should resolve to provide them with access to clean water, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. said on Thursday. “May problema rin sa tubig ang mga bakwit natin, na karamihan ay mga Lumad, kabataan, at kababaihan, […]
More rural communities within the coverage area of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Socoteco II) will be connected to the electricity grid this year under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP). According to Engr. Crisanto Sotelo, general manager of Socoteco II, electrification work has started in February to power up 46 more sitios included […]