The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-XI) is eyeing to complete by June this year the cleaning of the list of social pensioners under its program Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC).
Kathleen A. Llemit (Philstar.com) – February 8, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — For over a decade now, South Korea has been known not only for its K-pop and K-dramas, but also for its beauty industry that has been expected to grow to more than $379 billion, according to an IBISWorld report cited by CNBC. In the Philippines,…
Jerome Aba, Sandugo co-chairperson, narrates his ordeal at the San Francisco International Airport when denied entry and interrogated by US immigration and homeland security agents for nearly 30-hours. He was invited by Church groups to talk about the human rights situation in the Philippines.
Appointments body bypasses Comelec chairman, DAR chief Manila Bulletin CA bypasses agrarian reform chief over lack of track record Rappler CA bypasses Agrarian chief The Manila Times Full coverage
Prominent business group urges leaders to follow rule of law in Sereno impeachment Philippine Star SC asked to compel Sereno to file missing SALNs ABS-CBN News Full coverage
On 22 April 2020, PhilHealth Circular No. 2020-0014 entitled “Premium Contribution and Collection of Payment of Overseas Filipino Member” was officially made public. This is in fulfillment of President Duterte’s Universal Healthcare Law which was signed on 20 February 2019 which sets mandatory coverage to all Filipinos under the country’s National Health Insurance Program. At…
(Photo grabbed from RITM website) This is a sidebar report to our special report: RITM, the missing piece in the Philippines’ mass testing capacity vs. COVID-19 By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Established in 1981, RITM was an outcome of a series of negotiations between the Philippine and Japanese governments. The 50-bed capacity hospital was…