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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation has asked the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to summon the driver of an ambulance who illegally used the EDSA bus lane and nearly ran over a traffic enforcer of the DOTr’s Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation.
Reforms toward better healthcare benefits were set in motion the moment Senate Committee on Health Chairman Senator Christopher "Bong" Go made the first of many appeals for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to improve its policies and packages to benefit poor and indigent patients.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go commended the recent increase in PhilHealth's dialysis coverage, highlighting it as a significant step toward providing better healthcare services for Filipinos, particularly those suffering from chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD5).
MANILA, Philippines — Administration and opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives stood pat on their decision to keep the slashed P1.3-billion budget of the Office of Vice President (OVP) Sara Duterte for fiscal year 2025, pegging it at P733 million.
In a Senate hearing on Monday, October 14, on the proposed 2025 budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Senator Christopher "Bong" Go urged concerned agencies to sign the proposed Joint Administrative Order (JAO) that would further expand the medical assistance being provided in Malasakit Centers.
CHARLSTON Uy, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Uy Dental Clinic (UDC) Group, distinguishes himself among the country's many dental experts by believing and demonstrating that dental care goes beyond merely fixing or treating teeth.
SEN. Bong Go called for the suspension of Wednesday's deliberations on the proposed budgets of the Department of Health (DoH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) until the two agencies' commitments to serve poor and indigent patients were fulfilled and formalized through signed commitment letters.
MANILA, Philippines — Almost 1,000 ambulances or patient transport vehicles (PTVs) will be procured by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
MANILA, Philippines — On the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terror attack in Israel, the Philippine embassy in Tel Aviv and the Filipino community remembered and paid tribute to the 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, including four Filipinos, who were brutally killed.