The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) deployed its "Bakuna" bus in General Santos City on Saturday, Nov. 12 to bring the Covid-19 vaccine closer to people. Philippine Red Cross The organization stated that as of writing, it has already fully vaccinated 76,876 individuals and inoculated boosters shots to...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged the country’s city and municipal mayors to allow their council members to participate in the year-end assembly of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). Abalos issued Memorandum Circular (MC)...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) vowed to automate its key processes and systems to improve customer service. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund will focus on digital transformation to provide the “ultimate customer experience" for its over...
A proposed measure by Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre that would establish the Batasan General Hospital in Quezon City was approved by the House Committee on Health on Thursday, Nov. 10. (Photo courtesy of National Task Force Against Covid-19 via Facebook) Three other...
GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ, Cavite – A refrigerated van full of ice cream products was stolen from a cold storage facility in Barangay Maderan on Monday, Aug. 22. Senior Master Sergeant Roy Poblete of GMA Municipal Police Station (MPS) told the Manila Bulletin that the Mitsubishi L300 was...
There is a new president of the National Unity Party (NUP). (Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, a former House deputy speaker, led the new officers of the respected political party after he was elected as party president...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
A P10-billion budget has been proposed to fund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in its briefing at the House of Representatives...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted for deliberation the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives in a turnover ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22. DBM Secretary Pangandaman (left) turns over the 2023 NEP to Speaker Romualdez (Photo from Speaker...
The Pasay City government conducted free developmental screening for children at the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) outpatient department on Friday (August 19). Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the screening is being done to determine the development of a child. She said parents must be aware of...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said it is now in the last stages of its search and selection for the best technical vocational trainers in the country. TESDA Deputy Director General Rosanna Urdaneta said TESDA is now assessing the applications of 14 technical...
GEN. LUNA, Quezon – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) and the local government are constructing a bio-secured and climate-controlled finisher operation facility to help the swine industry here recover from the African Swine Fever....
