The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should increase its coverage for outpatient hemodialysis to a maximum of 156 sessions for next year, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go noted that currently PhilHealth members and their dependents who are diagnosed with stage 5 chronic kidney...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is expected to implement an additional 0.5 percent increase in the monthly contribution of its members starting January next year. The premium rate will increase to 4.5...
DITO Telecommunity has hauled in 14 million subscribers to date and is doubling its target to 28 million in 2023, Chief Administrative Officer Atty. Adel Tamano told reporters Tuesday, Dec. 13. Next year, the third telco player will also expand its coverage to 80 percent of the population, from the...
For the coming New Year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is hoping that the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) will finally give up on their armed struggle so that their members could be reunited with their families and reintegrated back to society. Col....
Top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) met with their Indonesian counterparts and discussed the conduct of intelligence-sharing and interoperability against transnational crimes. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the Philippines shares a wide border with Indonesia and...
Eastern Communications' Cloud business grew 175 percent this year, Vice President and Head of Product and Innovation Edsel Paglinawan announced during the recent CloudSigma's Global Partner Conference 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Cloud solutions became one of the main drivers of the local telco's revenue...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In just seven weeks after his administration was formally inaugurated in late June of this year, President Bongbong Marcos transmitted to Congress his government’s proposed budget for 2023, otherwise known as the National Expenditure Program (NEP). The NEP details...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has given a time frame for the possible singing of the P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2023. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (rightmost) In a short address during his Christmas blowout...
Senate Committee on Finance Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, December 7 said he is optimistic that the proposed P5.268-trillion budget of the government for next year would revitalize the country’s economy after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is a budget for national recovery. It’s...
CEB announces changing of guards By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The Gokongwei-owned Cebu Air Inc. (CEB) announced the changing of guards on the first day of the New Year, 2023. According to the airline, Gokongwei Group and CEB’s President and CEO, Lance Y. Gokongwei, will become chairman of CEB while...
The Marcos administration’s first national expenditure program underwent thorough scrutiny and was subject to intense debates by lawmakers before it was ratified. Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara gave this assurance when he presented the bicameral conference committee report on...
