AT LEAST six senators are moving for the suspension of the scheduled 3.5-percent increase this year in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium contributions. Senator
Day: January 5, 2021
World-class weapons, protective equipment for PNP coming — Sinas
MORE world-class ‘move, shoot, communicate and investigate’ equipment for the Philippine National Police (PNP) are coming this year, PNP chief, General Debold M. Sinas said.
Enough funds to support Doktor para sa Bayan Act
SENATOR Joel Villanueva assured that the 2021 national budget has sufficient funding to support the implementation of the Doktor para sa Bayan Act, which has
Poe: Execs’ pics have no place in gov’t projects
PUBLIC officials do not stand a chance of claiming credit for government projects courtesy of a provision in the 2021 budget introduced by Senator Grace
Dito urged to take 30% mobile Internet market share
A lawmaker has challenged the country’s third telco player, Dito Telecommunity Corp., to capture some 30 percent of the market for mobile internet services within
Manufacturing index slides in December
The country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index shed in the last month of 2020, but business confidence was the highest in 10 months, IHS Markit reported.
NBI to probe unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination
UNLESS stopped, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will proceed with the investigation into the alleged unauthorized vaccination of President Rodrigo Duterte's security details with
DTI to impose safeguard duty on vehicles
The Department of Trade and Industry would impose provisional safeguard duties on imported passenger cars and light commercial vehicles after its preliminary determination found that
Sinovac, Gamaleya, Clover applications still being processed
THE Department of Health yesterday said the applications of Sinovac, Gamaleya, and Clover to conduct clinical trials of their COVID-19 vaccines in the country are
300 sanitary landfills to be set up in PH by 2022
AROUND 300 sanitary landfills (SLFs) are being targeted to be established nationwide by 2022 to further improve the country's management of solid waste. Benny Antiporda,