DOH The Department of Health (DOH) cited some gains in making family planning methods more accessible to Filipinos—ten years after the passage of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or the RH law. More Filipinos have used family planning methods based on the 2022...
The proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act was approved on third and final reading on Monday, Dec. 12, by the House of Representatives. (Photo from DPWH) The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 6527, gained the chamber’s final approval with 254-3 votes from the House members. This was...
Senator Grace Poe has urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to clarify some concerns regarding the verification process indicated in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Registration Act. “We note with grave concern the vague verification process under the said...
The government will soon use a green criteria in its procurement process to promote sustainable practices and comply with the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) after the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12, passed on the third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 6468 or...
The proposed measure which seeks to address the concerns and issues of nurses and the nursing profession is now up for plenary session in the House of Representatives. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This developed after the House committee on civil...
This development should bode well for the Philippines' burgeoning e-commerce sector. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Monday, Dec. 12 House Bill (HB) No. 4, or the proposed “Internet Transactions...
Telecommunications firms will start SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registration of SIM starting Dec. 27 this year following the publication of the law's implementing rules and regulations. The National Telecommunications (NTC) on Monday, Dec. 12, published the IRR of the SIM Registration Act on...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is rushing works on the Capas-Botolan Road project in a bid to strengthen the road network in Central Luzon DPWH Tarlac Second District Engineering Office chief Edward Ricardo Ramos explained that at present, there is no direct east-west road...
Loans granted by the Small Business Corporation's (SBCorp) to pandemic-affected micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as of Dec. 2 this year reached P8.2 billion, exceeding the P8.08 billion transferred or downloaded to it by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) based on Bayanihan 2...
Editorial The barangay health workers are a very special group of people in the community. They are vital to the delivery of primary health care to the people in the grassroots level. In the early days of the pandemic, the BHWs were the first responders to the public health problem brought by...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
A good development. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (House of Representatives website) That's how Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro described the developments in the stateside cases against Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (KOJC)...
