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I join our health advocates in their call for the Department of Finance (DOF) to suspend their next scheduled transfer tomorrow (August 21) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) unused government subsidies to the national treasury.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to stop the transfer of the remaining P70-billion in unused funds to the national government after the country's credit rating was upgraded by a Japan-based debt watcher.
MANILA, Philippines — Some of the pigs intercepted at a Valenzuela City checkpoint recently tested positive for African swine fever and were culled and buried to curb the spread of ASF, the Department of Agriculture reported yesterday.
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. on Monday night said his administration would continue to bring its “Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair” (BPSF) to 61 more provinces this year after bringing more than P17 billion worth of services, including financial aid to 2.3 million Filipinos, since its launch last year.
MANILA, Philippines — After saying last month that he would “immediately” recommend to President Marcos that the monthly premium contribution of its members be reduced by three percent, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) chief Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma seems to have backpedaled on that promise, saying instead that they are still studying the proposal.
THE Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from holding the scheduled plebiscites next month in Maguindanao del Norte.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has agreed to the United States’ request to temporarily host a limited number of Afghan nationals while their special immigration visas to the US are being processed, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.