Some senators were elated with the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest directive to relieve senior citizens of the need to present their purchase slip booklets to avail themselves of the discount on medicines. Sen. Loren Legarda welcomed the directive saying this would also enhance the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to apply a 30 percent increase in all its benefits and coverage. “2024 na, ano pang hinihintay...
A bill seeking to optimize the leisure rights of senior citizens by granting them a 20 percent discount on travel tax is now being pushed in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in filing Senate Bill No. 2379, said the bill aims to encourage the elderly to travel, explore new places,...
The measure seeking to grant indigent job applicants a 20 percent discount when paying fees and charges for certain government certificates and clearances is inching closer toward enactment. 1PACMAN partylist Rep. Michael “Mikee” Romero (Mikee Romero blogspot / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Is this one reason why the illegal drug problem in the country continues to persist? Seized illegal drugs. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Congressmen learned during a House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing Tuesday, Feb. 21 about a "commission" scheme allegedly perpetrated by...
A deputy speaker in the House of Representatives is batting for the inclusion of electric motorcycles in the recently issued Executive Order (EO) No. 12, which imposes zero percent tariff on electric vehicles. Deputy Speaker and TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza (Facebook) According to...
The measure seeking to grant indigent job applicants a 20 percent discount when paying fees and charges for certain government certificates and clearances has moved forward in the House of Representatives. 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero (Facebook) This, after the 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep....
The Philippines' stronger than expected 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 7.6 percent is all well and good, but it must be felt by Filipinos. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera “Economic growth must be inclusive and it must be felt all across the country for all...
The Philippine Statistics Authority’s announcement that the country achieved a 7.6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 affirms that, despite high inflation rates, the economy is on track in regaining its pre-Covid pandemic footing. This improves on the 5.7 percent growth in...
Malacañang has attributed the 7.6 percent economic growth to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "good economic stewardship." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s good economic stewardship resulted in the Philippines posting 7.6...
An economist-congressman believes that "the best is yet to come" in terms of the economy after the Philippines exceeded expectations with its full year gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “The 2022 full year GDP growth rate of 7.6 percent,...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded a decline in the incidents of fire from Dec. 24, 2022 to Jan. 1 this year. The figure is 44 percent lower compared to the same Dec. 24, 2021 to Jan. 1 2022 period, according to BFP spokesperson Supt. Analee Atienza. A total of 89 fire incidents were...
