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UHC COORDINATING COUNCIL TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON SPECIAL HEALTH FUND SPENDING – DOH
The Universal Health Care (UHC) Coordinating Council will keep track of the spending of the special health fund by the local government units (LGUs) and local health systems in a bid to improve the country’s health system, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Tuesday. “And what happens is there is going to be a special health…
PBBM WANTS SHORTER TRIGGER PERIOD FOR FUEL SUBSIDY RELEASE TO TRANSPORT SECTOR, SIMPLIFIED GOV’T REQUIREMENTS
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on changing the language of the 2024 national budget provision on fuel subsidies for the transport sector to shorten the trigger period from three months to one month and simplification of subsidy release requirements. Energy Secretary Rafael Lotilla told the Palace press briefing on Tuesday that the President specifically…
NO INCREASE IN PH COVID CASES; DOH REMAINS VIGILANT, SAYS HEALTH CHIEF
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday that there is no increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, assuring the public that it is closely watching the situation particularly after Singapore confirmed they are conducting research on COVID cases. “We don’t have an increase in COVID cases. Singapore reported another variety of Omicron, but…
PBBM APPROVES PROPOSAL TO CREATE UHC COORDINATING COUNCIL
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved the proposal of the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday to create a coordinating council that will oversee the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act in the country. “The President approved the Department of Health’s proposal of creating a Universal Health Care Coordinating Council through an executive…
PBBM’s free rice seeds, fertilizers enable farmers to reap bountiful harvest
Fernando Salvador and fellow rice farmers in Barangay Pinili, San Jose City, Nueva Ecija cannot hide their joy over the bountiful harvest they achieved this 2023 wet season. “Ngayong rainy season nagtanim po kami ng inbred, at dahil sa mahusay na pag-aalaga nakaani kami nang mahigit isangdaang cavan kada ektarya, na mas marami kumpara sa…
PH’S STABLE, HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC GROWTH UNDER PBBM ADMIN MAKES IT TOP CHOICE FOR JAPAN INVESTORS, SAYS JAPANESE EXEC
Japanese businesses have expressed interest in strengthening their partnership with the Philippines as a result of the country’s continuing high-level economic growth under the Marcos administration that makes it an attractive investment destination. Ken Kobayashi, the chair of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), said that the nation’s stable and high-level economic growth…
PBBM convenes special command conference, orders PCG to investigate China’s recent harassment in WPS
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to conduct a maritime investigation after calling for a special Command Conference of the national security and defense clusters on Monday morning to look into China’s recent harassment of Philippine vessels in West Philippine Sea (WPS). “The President called a special Command Conference this…
Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian summoned to condemn China’s recent WPS reckless, illegal act — DND chief Teodoro
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Monday to condemn the reckless and illegal act of the Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said in a statement on Monday. “Likewise, Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime FlorCruz has been instructed to convey the same to the…
Activities lined up for the Office of Court Administrator’s 48th founding anniversary
WITH the theme “OCA @ 48: Partners in the Quest for Judicial Innovation and Reform,” the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), has lined up various activities on November 17 and 18. “As the budget for such project is internally generated, there being no subsidy for the same, the funds needed to defray the expected…
DSWD: PBBM ADMIN TO CARRY OUT SCALED UP ‘WALANG GUTOM 2027’ FLAGSHIP PROGRAM NEXT YEAR; DBM APPROVES PROGRAM’S BUDGETARY REQUIREMENT
The Department of Budget and Management has approved next year’s budgetary requirement of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the scaled up implementation of “Walang Gutom 2027,” a flagship program of the Marcos administration. “At ang ating projected budget po next year, for the second half po ng ating implementation kasi mag-i-start…