PhilHealth urged to halt premium contributions
A CONGRESSMAN wants to suspend premium contributions to state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to provide workers financial relief amid the agency’s excess funds.
Marcos: PHL neither denies nor approves ICC presence
WHILE maintaining that he has not approved an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of the previous administration’s bloody war on drugs in the country,...
LTO to begin 24-hour production of license plates
THE LAND Transportation Office (LTO) will shift to a 24-hour operation to clear its backlog of about 12 million license plates for motor vehicles...
Philippine military defends joint air patrols with US
THE ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Tuesday that its joint air patrol with the United States over the South China Sea...
Lanao provinces under tight guard
COTABATO CITY — State forces have tightened security at the border of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte provinces to forestall possible retaliations...
House OK’s financial literacy bill
THE HOUSE of Representatives has approved on second reading a proposed measure that requires employers to establish a financial literacy program for all their...
Energy expected for W. Visayas
A TOTAL of 258 megawatts (MW) of capacity is expected to be generated from the committed generating plants located in the Western Visayas islands...
PBEd offers digital skills to youth
THE PHILIPPINE Business for Education (PBEd) forged fresh partnerships with the local governments of Samar province and the municipality of Arteche in Eastern Samar...
Gov’t distributes farm equipment
THE PHILIPPINE Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has distributed at total of P302 million worth of farming equipment to farmers’ cooperatives and...
Apex answers environmentalists blaming mining for Maco landslide
APEX Mining Co., Inc. has reiterated the findings of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau 11 (MGB 11) that attributed the Feb. 6 landslide in...
House proposal seeking to ease foreign ownership restrictions in Charter filed
CONGRESSMEN filed on Monday a measure to ease economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution, the same as the Senate’s Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6, to speed up congressional moves toward Charter change (“Cha-cha”).
Philippine security council wants fishery report on cyanide use in S. China Sea
THE PHILIPPINES is keen on coming up soon with its complete report on the alleged use of cyanide by Chinese fishermen encroaching Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Bajo de Masinloc.