The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will get zero subsidy in the P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget. This was according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe, citing that they still have their P600 billion reserve fund. "Nakita natin PhilHealth, yung subsidiya na...
Only a few major differences will be tacked by the bicameral conference committee on disagreeing provisions of the 2025 budget according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe. Sen. Grace L. Poe delivers her opening remarks as the head of Senate panel and chairperson of the Committee...
Voting 18-0-1, the Senate approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, Nov. 26, House Bill 10800 or the P6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). In plenary, Senator Grace Poe enumerated during the period of committee amendments how the Senate maximized the budget to secure the...
From left to right: House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives officially received the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure...
Marc Custodio began brightly but flickered in the stretch last Friday night, May 19, to settle for the silver medal in the Youth boy's division of the Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at the Coronado Lanes inside the Starmall in Mandaluyong. *Marc Custodio (second from...
The MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) and the GAB (Games and Amusements Board) will work together for the betterment of the league and local basketball in general. *GAB Chairman Atty. Richard Clarin* GAB Chairman Atty Richard Clarin and MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes made this...
CEBU CITY – A boxing judge was arrested after he assaulted an official of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office on Saturday night, April 2, in Lapu-Lapu City. JIMMY Donton, officer-in-charge of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office, is bloodied when he reported to a...
Highlighting the role of basketball as the Filipinos’ favorite and most popular sport, the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday, March 14, approved, subject to style and amendments, a bill seeking to declare April of every year as National Basketball Month. House Bill (HB)...
Parokya Ni Edgar vocalist Chito Miranda responded to some online users questioning fundraising activities for their guitarist Gab Chee Kee. Note that Gab is currently undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with Lymphoma. In fact, many OPM artists have already extended help, mounting different...
Chito Miranda, singer of the group Parokya Ni Edgar, took to social media to name several acts eager to help their guitarist Gab Chee Kee, who is currently undergoing treatment in an undisclosed hospital after being diagnosed with Lymphoma. According to Chito, they all decided to organize...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. appointed Richard Santos Clarin as the new chairman of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB). Malacañang announced this on Thursday, Dec. 29, with Clarin, a litigation and corporate lawyer, replacing Baham Mitra for the top post in the government’s...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed confidence that the newly-signed 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA) will help the country further recover from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) "The annual passage of the is the single most...
