The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have launched a major partnership to bring President Marcos’ “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” Rice-For-All (RFA) and “P20 Benteng Bigas Meron” (BBM) Na programs directly into public schools, ensuring teachers and school...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced on Monday, September 8, that it has fulfilled its promise of faster claims processing under its newly launched Guaranteed Access to Medicines and Outpatient Treatment (GAMOT) program, releasing its first payment ahead of the 15-day...
Proptech company Lhoopa recently announced a surge in sales in affordable housing for the first half of 2025. “We’ve already sold over 1,500 homes, more than double our sales in the same period last year,” exclaimed CEO and Co-Founder Marco Caillot. In 2024, the company sold almost 2,000...
Grocery store chain operator MerryMart Grocery Centers Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to sell rice at affordable prices, as low as ₱29 per kilo, in its establishments. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for...
The Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) is welcoming the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to have groceries and convenience stores sell affordable rice, ranging from P29 to P45. PRA President Roberto Claudio gave this affirmation on the sidelines of the 2025 CEO Awards in Bonifacio...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), along with the Philippine National Bank (PNB) partnered with P.A. Alvarez Properties and Development Corporation (PA Properties) to help address the national housing backlog. In a statement, GSIS said the pension fund, the national bank, and the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Congress has set aside funds from the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 for the implementation of a program that would pull down the price of good quality rice by almost half for the benefit of...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has partnered once anew with the Federation of Irrigators Association of Central Negros-Bago River Irrigation System (FIACN-BRIS) to provide affordable rice to the people of Negros Occidental. PEOPLE purchase P25 per kilo rice in a ‘Bigasan ng...
Local business groups are strongly pushing for the immediate enactment of the proposed Open Access in Internet Services Act, a landmark legislation seen to address poor and unreliable access and unaffordable Internet services that are affecting the digitalization of the Philippines. Nineteen...
“Make a healthy diet affordable for all” (Healthy diet gawing affordable for all!) – so declares the theme of Nutrition Month which is held every July as set by Presidential Decree 491 in 1974 to create greater awareness on the importance of nutrition. This year’s theme is a reminder that...
Rep. Sam Verzosa, Tutok To Win Partylist Representative (Tutok To Win Partylist photo) A neophyte in the partylist setup in the House of Representatives, Tutok to Win, is one among 55 proclaimed winners in the May 2022 elections with 685,578 votes. As ninth of 178 partylist candidates, it has...
The prices of basic goods, increase in workers’ wage, and access to affordable food are among the top and urgent national concerns of adult Filipinos, a non-commissioned survey conducted by OCTA Research revealed. The independent Tugon ng Masa (TNM) poll, which was held from Oct. 23 until Oct....
