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Go urges public to be vigilant amid rising pertussis cases

Go urges public to be vigilant amid rising pertussis cases

March 25, 2024, 7:01 pm Updated on March 25, 2024, 8:03 pm

MANILA – Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Monday urged the public to be more vigilant amid the rising cases of pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection commonly known as “whooping cough.” Go made this call after Health Undersecretary Eric Tayag said in a news forum last… Read More

PSC chief cites role of women athletes in sports development

PSC chief cites role of women athletes in sports development

March 21, 2024, 7:12 pm

MANILA – Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairperson Richard Bachmann cited the important role of women athletes in sports development during the inaugural Women in Sports (WIS) Awards ceremony at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila on Wednesday night. “Your contribution to the country… Read More

Top netter Eala to lead 3rd Siklab Youth Sports awardees

Top netter Eala to lead 3rd Siklab Youth Sports awardees

December 3, 2023, 4:21 pm

MANILA – Tennis ace Alex Eala and muay thai champion Alyssa Kylie Mallari will lead 58 athletes from 33 sports to be honored at the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards on Dec. 4 at the Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City. Eala and Mallari will receive the Go for Gold Siklab Young Heroes… Read More

Senate OKs 2024 GAA, to convene with House for bicam

Senate OKs 2024 GAA, to convene with House for bicam

November 28, 2023, 7:48 pm

MANILA – The Senate on Tuesday approved House of Representatives Bill 8980, or the PHP5.768 trillion 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), with 21 affirmative votes, zero negative, and one abstention. This was after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. certified the measure as urgent in a letter… Read More

Senate confident of 2024 budget approval ‘as scheduled’

Senate confident of 2024 budget approval ‘as scheduled’

November 21, 2023, 6:52 pm

MANILA – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is confident that the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) will be approved as scheduled after the Senate formally closed its plenary debates on the proposed 2024 budgets of various government agencies early Tuesday. Zubiri said the termination of… Read More

Magna Carta for Seafarers gets Senate nod before break

Magna Carta for Seafarers gets Senate nod before break

September 28, 2023, 10:34 am

MANILA – The Senate approved on Wednesday night Senate Bill (SB) No. 2221 or the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers in time before adjournment after a thorough period of amendments. The bill, which garnered 14 votes, zero negative, and zero abstention, shall address recurring deficiencies in the… Read More

POC to get decision on replacement appeal Tuesday

POC to get decision on replacement appeal Tuesday

September 18, 2023, 5:18 pm

MANILA – The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will only find out about the fate of the Filipino athletes who are being lobbied to be sneaked into the Asian Games at the 11th hour on Tuesday. POC president Bambol Tolentino on Monday said they would only meet the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing… Read More

East Asia Basketball League U-23 Open Invitational opens Sept. 2

East Asia Basketball League U-23 Open Invitational opens Sept. 2

August 24, 2023, 6:41 pm

MANILA – All is set for the East Asia Basketball League (EABL) U-23 Open Invitational Conference which will kick off on Sept. 2 in Barangay Jesus Dela Pena Gym in Marikina City. Funtastic San Pablo City and RPBY East Dental Clinic Marikina will square off at 4 p.m. to be followed by the game… Read More

Senate commends Filipinas for historic World Cup stint

Senate commends Filipinas for historic World Cup stint

August 8, 2023, 8:56 am

MANILA – Recognizing their historic achievement at the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Senate adopted a resolution commending and congratulating the Philippine Women's National Football Team (PWNFT) or the "Filipinas" for their victory against the formidable New Zealand team. Senate Resolution No.… Read More

PBBM to award cash incentives to SEAG, Para Games medalists

PBBM to award cash incentives to SEAG, Para Games medalists

July 10, 2023, 4:24 pm

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will present cash incentives to the medalists of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) and 12th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in a ceremony scheduled on July 20 at the Malacañan Palace. “We are grateful for President Marcos’ decision to personally award… Read More

7 'super health centers' to serve remote areas in Albay

7 'super health centers' to serve remote areas in Albay

June 22, 2023, 8:36 pm

LEGAZPI CITY – At least seven super health centers (SHC) that will soon rise in Albay province will provide comprehensive basic health services to the people, particularly in remote areas. In a media interview on Thursday, Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, who was in Tabaco City to visit… Read More

Solon backs temporary license for board eligible nursing grads

Solon backs temporary license for board eligible nursing grads

June 21, 2023, 8:15 pm

MANILA – A senator expressed on Wednesday his support to the proposal of the Department of Health (DOH) to utilize nursing graduates who fell just short of passing the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) as an additional workforce in the healthcare system. While they may not have… Read More

6 super health centers to serve Iloilo's isolated areas

6 super health centers to serve Iloilo's isolated areas

June 8, 2023, 1:23 pm

ILOILO CITY – Health services will be more accessible to residents of geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) with six super health centers soon to rise in identified municipalities in Iloilo province's 5th District. "We need the super health centers because we have no DOH-managed… Read More

Davao City fire victims receive gov’t aid

Davao City fire victims receive gov’t aid

April 25, 2023, 8:32 pm

DAVAO CITY – Sixty-two families affected by a recent fire here are continuously receiving assistance from the Office of 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte and the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).In a statement Tuesday, Duterte's office said it has provided hot meals to… Read More

Super Health Center to serve remote Calapan City villages

Super Health Center to serve remote Calapan City villages

March 28, 2023, 8:02 pm

CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – Villagers in remote areas of this city will soon have easy access to upgraded services to be provided by the soon-to-rise Super Health Center (SHC) in Barangay Guinobatan. “The Super Health Center is a medium version of a polyclinic and an improved version… Read More

PH’s biggest port terminal opens in Mindoro

PH’s biggest port terminal opens in Mindoro

March 27, 2023, 5:59 pm

CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) inaugurated on Monday the country’s biggest passenger terminal building (PTB) at Calapan Port here. The PHP353-million, three-story PTB was designed to provide comfort and convenience to as many as 3,500 passengers at any… Read More

Tolentino: PDP-Laban has yet to decide on supporting Cha-cha

Tolentino: PDP-Laban has yet to decide on supporting Cha-cha

March 16, 2023, 6:30 pm

MANILA – The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has not yet decided whether to support or not the Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 1 that Senator Robinhood Padilla is pushing to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, Senator Francis Tolentino… Read More

Mati's P11-M health facility to provide accessible, quality care

Mati's P11-M health facility to provide accessible, quality care

March 7, 2023, 8:12 pm

MATI CITY, Davao Oriental – Construction of the PHP11.5-million Super Health Center has started, Mati City Mayor Michelle Rabat announced Tuesday. Rabat said the modern medical facility aims to enhance access to primary care services and is aligned with the executive-legislative agenda of the… Read More

20 Cebu localities suspend classes amid heavy rainfall warning

20 Cebu localities suspend classes amid heavy rainfall warning

February 1, 2023, 4:30 pm

CEBU CITY – Twenty localities in Cebu province that experienced heavy rains due to the shear line suspended their classes on Wednesday, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported. Following the orange rainfall warning issued by the National Disaster Risk… Read More

Iloilo City eyes housing project for fire-displaced families

Iloilo City eyes housing project for fire-displaced families

January 30, 2023, 4:56 pm

ILOILO CITY – The city government here is eyeing to provide housing to families that were displaced by a big fire in two barangays in Molo district here through the Pambansang Pabahay Para Sa Pilipino: Zero ISF Program for 2028 of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development… Read More