ELDERLY Filipinos can soon receive cash gifts by the time they reach 80 years or 90 years of age, under a measure approved by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The proposal aims to give a monetary bonus not only to centenarians but to octogenarians and nonagenarians as well, a senior lawmaker said
A senior lawmaker on Wednesday urged Health Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa to do something and fast about the delayed payment by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) of an estimated P27-billion in arrears to both private and government health facilities. Unless addressed soon enough, Majority Leader LRay F. Villafuerte of Camarines Sur said this financial pickle is
A senior lawmaker said there is no reason for government to be stingy on social protection programs because the Department of Finance (DOF) itself expects a revenue windfall in raising P455.9 billion between 2024 and 2026 from the list of revenue measures the agency endorsed for congressional approval. Camarines Sur…
LAWMAKERS hailed the signing of Republic Act (RA) 11960, also known as the “One Town, One Product” (OTOP) Philippines Act, that will boost the country’s exports sector. According to Camarines Sur Rep. LRay F. Villafuerte, the law institutionalizes the OTOP program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He…
A senior lawmaker sees the enactment of the law institutionalizing the “One Town, One Product” (OTOP) program as “timely” as it “dovetails” with a recent directive by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for concerned government agencies to implement programs and projects meant to develop and promote Philippine exports. Camarines Sur…