Just like gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz and her batch of Filipino athletes who made history in the Tokyo Olympics, three engineering geniuses made their country proud for contributing in the safe landing of the Perseverance rover on planet Mars last February. Mars surface This prompted the House...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, August 15 expressed doubts the Department of Health (DOH) was able to release the funds for the special risk allowances for healthcare workers despite Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s pronouncements. Marcos made the statement amid Duque’s...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the draft substitute bill seeking to establish the National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institution (NCGHRI). During a virtual hearing on Monday, August 16, House ways and means committee chair, Albay Representative Joey Salceda...
The congressional inquiry into the alleged mismanagement by the Department of Health (DOH) of over P67-billion in COVID-19 funds will expand into the alleged hoarding of P11-billion in government money by the state-run Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC). Probinsyano Ako Partylist...
The leadership of the House of Representatives has asked the Commission on Audit to conduct a briefing on the reported audit deficiencies it discovered in the management by the Department of Health of the P67.32 billion government funds to address the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has welcomed the House Committee on Ways and Means’ approval of a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). (Photo from DOST-PNRI) The DOST-PNRI thanked the...
A member of Japan's gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced by the International Olympic Committee after her hometown mayor nibbled at the memorabilia. This reference file photo shows a glimpse of the USA Men's National Team gold medal on August 7, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (AFP)...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday said he is open to a possible Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation into the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report regarding the discrepancies it discovered in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of P67.32-billion worth of COVID-19 funds. Despite the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
A "condemnation committee" has been formed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to oversee and hasten the disposal of seized and abandoned goods from the country's ports. CRUSHED!--A total of 85,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes from China worth P50 million were destroyed at a facility in Bukidnon on July...
The measure seeking to deploy dentists and licensed medical technologists as additional medical personnel duly trained by the Department of Health (DOH) to be at the forefront of the government’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is now up for plenary discussion. This was after...
MB File Photo Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino still has one item to cross off his bucket list even after the country’s successful Olympic stint in Tokyo. “After 97 years, hindi po tayo papayag na hindi magkaroon ng permanent office ang POC,” Tolentino said when...
