The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has deployed more social workers and support staff to its new Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) processing center to speed up service for thousands of Filipinos seeking financial aid daily. DSWD Assistant Secretary and...
President Marcos is confident that universal health care in the country will be fully implemented soon. "Malapit na tayong umabot talaga sa universal health care. We are 80 percent of the way. Kaunti na lang at matutupad na natin yung universal health care (We are very close to truly achieving...
At the start of the year, Colliers Philippines highlighted a strong resurgence in occupier activity, signaling renewed confidence in the office market. More than 60 percent of demand was driven by traditional occupiers, with third-party outsourcing and shared services also playing a significant...
The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental officially opened a new facility aimed at supporting abused women and children as well as individuals facing personal crises. Municipal officials led by Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo and husband, Vice Mayor Felix Mathias Yulo III,...
BACOLOD CITY – The first government-run cancer care center in the Negros Island Region opened on Wednesday at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in this highly-urbanized city. Beginning Aug. 26, the center will start accommodating and offering free chemotherapy sessions to...
SM Investments Corp., the flagship of the Sy family’s business group, is strengthening its entertainment ecosystem across its portfolio to be more appealing and in tune with the preferences of the new generation of Filipino consumers. “At SM, we recognize the younger generation’s growing...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is working with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to secure funding for the construction of the Mindanao Disaster Response Center (MDRC). The facility is expected to be equipped similarly to the National Resource Operations Center...
President Marcos said the zero-balance billing policy in all Department of Health (DOH) hospitals in the country is "proceeding well," citing that it has benefitted over 14,000 patients since its implementation. "So I 'm happy to be able to report that the zero-billing program is proceeding...
LAOAG CITY – Residents of Ilocos Sur province no longer need to travel far to seek medical treatment as the newly upgraded Ilocos Sur Medical Center (ISMC) in Candon City is ready to cater to more patients with new facilities inaugurated on Tuesday. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos led the formal...
The San Juan City government on Thursday, Aug. 7, officially opened its Makabagong San Juan National Government Center (NGC) which houses several city and national government offices under a centralized system of services for San Juaneños. Mayor Francis Zamora, together with his son Rocco, Vice...
A bundled unsolicited proposal for the modernization of airports in Bicol, Davao, and Siargao, aimed at facilitating tourism, will now undergo the government’s assessment, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. The unsolicited proposal seeks to upgrade and expand Southern Luzon...
Three major national projects—a spaceport, a bundled airport proposal, and a power plant—worth a combined ₱43.3 billion have been added to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) pipeline, raising the total to ₱2.86 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP Center with reporters on Wednesday, July...
