President Marcos is still studying the recommendation to suspend the implementation of the five-percent increase in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.'s (PhilHealth) premium rates, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Communications Secretary Cheloy...
As the Philippines grapples with increasing healthcare costs, the government is gearing up to conduct a morbidity study aimed at determining reasonable premium rates for insurance companies. The Insurance Commission (IC) and the Actuarial Society of the Philippines (ASP) have joined forces to...
President Marcos said he has yet to decide whether or not to approve the recommendation to suspend the implementation of the five-percent increase in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.'s (Philhealth) premium rates. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) revealed on Thursday, Jan. 18, the ongoing coordination with board officials as they await agreements on the proposed rate hike deferral, aligning with the call made by the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa. In a televised...
Senators on Wednesday, January 17 expressed their support to Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa’s appeal to defer the implementation of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) premium rate increase for this year. Senator Joseph Victory “JV” Ejercito,...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) An injustice to Filipinos. This was how AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee described the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) impending five percent increase in premium rates this year....
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is taking its Premium Economy Class (PECY) to new heights, offering passengers traveling to Tokyo's Narita International Airport an exclusive and enhanced experience. Starting this November, PAL is initially rolling out a range of new privileges for Premium Economy...
The lower chamber has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a measure empowering the President to suspend the increase in premiums of “direct contributors” of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), including employees. Deputy Speaker and Cebu 6th district Rep. Vincent...
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure that seeks to give the President the power to suspend the increase in premiums of “direct contributors” to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). The penultimate passage of House Bill (HB) No. 6772 took place...
Belle Corporation, the gaming and upscale real estate unit of the SM Group, more than doubled its consolidated net income last year to P1.71 billion—130 percent higher than the P745 million registered in 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its consolidated...
House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro hailed on Saturday, Jan. 7 the Home Development Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG Fund for being "sensitive" to pandemic and inflation-weary Filipinos. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro This, after Pag-IBIG decided to defer...
The decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to suspend implementation this month of the scheduled increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium rate and income ceiling is a welcome development. Coming at a time when we are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19...
