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MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina bound for Malta was prevented from leaving the country on Nov. 11 after she presented a fake Commission on Filipinos Overseas-Guidance and Counseling Program (CFO-GCP) certificate that she initially claimed was provided by her Maltese employer.
PSC chairman Richard (Dicky) Bachmann’s personal history is imbedded in sports. His late father Kurt was a major influence in basketball, having played on championship teams in the NCAA and MICAA with stints in the 1959 FIBA World Cup, 1960 Olympics and 1962 Asian Games during a checkered career. It was destined that Bachmann would follow in his father’s footsteps. Bachmann saw action on two UAAP title squads and as Alaska’s first-round pick in the 1993 PBA draft, played on eight pro championship teams with the Aces. When his playing career ended, Bachmann became an Alaska assistant coach and added four more PBA crowns to his collection. And when his coaching career came to a close, Bachmann was elevated to the position of team manager and later, Alaska sports director with a focus on building a grassroots foundation for basketball, football and volleyball.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go, chair of the Senate committee on health, has reiterated his appeal to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track the release of the health emergency allowances (HEA) still due to health care workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senator Idol Raffy Tulfo stressed that appropriate budget should be given to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as the premier investigative agency of the country so that they can properly and efficiently exercise their mandate.
PARPO II Jess Beth G. Quidasol forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Mayor Noel T. Lim of Nagtipunan, Quirino together with Jerry K. Pasigian, Keat Farmers Association President for the provision of Water Sanitation (WATSAN) facilities consisting of one (1) Spring water collector including the rehabilitation of one (1) existing spring box under the Community-managed Potable Water Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWASH) at the Municipal Hall, Ponggo, Nagtipunan, Quirino.
ANTIQUE: The Department of Agrarian Reform in Antique recently turned over 2 unit of solar dryers through the Climate Change Resilient Farm Productivity Support Program (CRFPSP) to farmer-beneficiaries in Sibalom, Antique last November 10, 2023.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go provided various forms of assistance to underprivileged residents and displaced workers from Pasay City. He emphasized the need for collaborative efforts to uplift the lives of Filipinos in distress who are still recovering from the adverse effects of the pandemic and other crises.
To ensure that potable and sanitary water is supplied to the agrarian reform beneficiaries in the far flung areas of the province, the Department of Agrarian Reform led by OIC-Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Rustico R. Turingan turned-over a Community Potable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWASH) project worth P80,000.00 to the Officers and member of Tiblak Farmers Agriculture Cooperative (TFAC), a DAR assisted ARBO on December 5, 2022 at Brgy. Tiblak, “This project would enable the ARBO to venture into the development of other products not only in coffee processing but for other possible enterprises in the future for the benefit of the members of the organization” he added.